Analysis of pesticides by chromatographic techniques coupled with mass spectrometry

Analysis of Pesticides in Food and Environmental Samples

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 59-94

  Hird, Simon ^a  

^a CENTRAL SCIENCE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420007756     Document Type: Chapter

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