Surface sampling of a dry aerosol deposited ricin

Applied Sciences (Switzerland)

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-23

  Edmonds, Jason M ^a   Collett, Patricia J ^a   Brown, Rebecca L ^a   Mangaya, Kishna ^b  

^a EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioterrorism; Detection; Recovery efficiency; Ricin; Surface sampling; Toxin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891491914     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20763417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/app2010013     Document Type: Article

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