Liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry for the determination of chemical contaminants in food

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 59, Issue , 2014, Pages 59-72

  Hird, Simon J ^a   Lau, Benjamin P Y ^b   Schuhmacher, Rainer ^c   Krska, Rudolf ^c  

^a FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Chemical contaminant; Determination; Food; High resolution mass spectrometry; Identification; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Quantification; Residue; Targeted analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; IDENTIFICATION (CONTROL SYSTEMS); LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; DETERMINATION; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTIFICATION; RESIDUE; TARGETED ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ACCURACY; CALIBRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLOMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SCREENING; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84904488832     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: 18793142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2014.04.005     Document Type: Review

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