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Novel variable volume injector for performing sample introduction in a miniaturised isotachophoresis device

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Novel variable volume injector for performing sample introduction in a miniaturised isotachophoresis device. / Baldock, S. J.; Fielden, P. R.; Goddard, N. J. et al.
In: Journal of Chromatography A, Vol. 1042, No. 1-2, 09.07.2004, p. 181-188.

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Baldock SJ, Fielden PR, Goddard NJ, Kretschmer HR, Prest JE, Brown BJT. Novel variable volume injector for performing sample introduction in a miniaturised isotachophoresis device. Journal of Chromatography A. 2004 Jul 9;1042(1-2):181-188. Epub 2004 Jun 23. doi: 10.1016/j.chroma.2004.05.062

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Baldock, S. J. ; Fielden, P. R. ; Goddard, N. J. et al. / Novel variable volume injector for performing sample introduction in a miniaturised isotachophoresis device. In: Journal of Chromatography A. 2004 ; Vol. 1042, No. 1-2. pp. 181-188.

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