Cell-based biosensors for environmental monitoring with special reference to heavy metal analysis
✍ Scribed by B. Mattiasson
- Book ID
- 117615588
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 101 KB
- Volume
- 148
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0923-2508
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