Analysis of cyanide in blood by headspace-isotope-dilution-GC-MS

Analytical Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2564-2586

  Løbger, Lise Lotte ^a   Petersen, Henning Willads ^b   Andersen, Jens E T ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Blood; Gas chromatography; Headspace; Mass spectrometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 55749106958     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032710802363248     Document Type: Article

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