Current applications of gas chromatography/mass spectrometry in the study of organic acids in Urine

Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 114-123

  Kaluzna Czaplińska, Joanna ^a  

^a LODZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Diseases; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Organic acids; Urine

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX MIXTURE ANALYSIS; DERIVATIZATION METHOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; INTERNAL STANDARDS; METABOLIC DISORDERS; URINE;

BODY FLUIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; METABOLISM; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECTROMETRY;

ORGANIC ACIDS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; ORGANIC ACID; URINE;

EID: 79956069878     PISSN: 10408347     EISSN: 15476510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408347.2011.555242     Document Type: Review

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