Potential Applications of Volatile Organic Compounds in Safety and Security

Volatile Biomarkers

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 514-558

  Agapiou, Agapios ^a   Mochalski, Pawel ^b,c,d   Schmid, Alex ^b,c   Amann, Anton ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-44-462613-4.00024-6     Document Type: Chapter

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