The role of the liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry in pesticide residue determination in food

Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 93-117

  Soler, Carla ^a   Mañes, Jordi ^a   Picó, Yolanda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure ionization sources; Food; Liquid chromatography; Pesticides; Tandem mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; PESTICIDES; SEPARATION;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE IONIZATION SOURCES; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

FOOD PRODUCTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; PESTICIDES; SEPARATION;

FOOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

EID: 43149087339     PISSN: 10408347     EISSN: 15476510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408340801922250     Document Type: Review

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