Stable isotope analysis of the bioelements: An introduction

Bioanalysis

Volumn 1, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1119-1129

  Flenker, Ulrich ^a  

^a GERMAN SPORT UNIVERSITY COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

CHEMISTRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

CARBON; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; SULFUR;

EID: 74049139776     PISSN: 17576180     EISSN: 17576199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4155/bio.09.84     Document Type: Review

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