Prediction of mold contamination from microbial volatile organic compound profiles using head space gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-124

  Lavine, Barry K ^a   Mirjankar, Nikhil ^a   LeBouf, Ryan ^b   Rossner, Alan ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLARKSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

GC MS; Microbial volatile organic compound (MVOC) profiles; Mold detection; Pattern recognition analysis; VOC air sampling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859430624     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2012.01.017     Document Type: Article

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