Trace Quantitative Analysis by Mass Spectrometry

This book is devoted to the use of mass spectrometry in quantitative measurements of amounts of target (known) chemical compounds present at trace levels in complex matrices, such as drugs and their metabolites in body fluids, pesticide residues in foodstuffs, contaminants in drinking water, etc. Such demanding measurements, defined as 1 part in 10⁶ – 10¹², involve the use of a wide range of apparatus and of experimental procedures and methods of data evaluation, all of which must be utiliz...