JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A JOURNAL OF CHROMATOGRAPHY A

INCLUDING ELECTROPHORESIS, MASS SPECTROMETRY AND OTHER SEPARATION AND DETECTION METHODS INCLUDING ELECTROPHORESIS, MASS SPECTROMETRY AND OTHER SEPARATION AND DETECTION METHODS

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S. Fanali, Area della Ricerca di Roma I, Istituto di Metodologie Chimiche, CNR,
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Email: marja-liisa.riekkola@helsinki.fi
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