Evaluating 6 ricin field detection assays

Biosecurity and Bioterrorism

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 186-189

  Slotved, Hans Christian ^a   Sparding, Nadja ^a   Tanassi, Julia Tanas ^a   Steenhard, Nina R ^a   Heegaard, Niels H H ^a  

^a STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC KIT; RICIN;

BIOLOGICAL WARFARE; CHEMICAL WARFARE; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDS;

BIOTERRORISM; CHEMICAL TERRORISM; LIMIT OF DETECTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC; RICIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84904809274     PISSN: 15387135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/bsp.2014.0015     Document Type: Article

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