analytical chemistry
Volume 50, No. 2, February 1978 ANCHAM 50(2) 99A-306A/193-384 (1978) ISSN 0003-2700
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CONTENTS REPORT Wayne R. Wolf discusses the current challenges in generating data for the nutrient trace element composition of foods 190 A
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REPORT The Food and Drug Administration's efforts to fight cancer quackery are reviewed by Wallace F. Janssen 197 A
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INSTRUMENTATION A simple hardware control approach for sequencing chemical instruments is presented by S. R. Crouch, D. N. Baxter, E. H. Pals, and E. R. Johnson 291 A
NEW PRODUCTS Products to be featured at the 1978 Pittsburgh Conference Exposition are introduced 173 A NEWS Technical programs of interest to analytical chemists at the 175th ACS National Meeting in Anaheim, Calif., March 12-17, 1978, are given. ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY appoints Catherine C. Fenselau, Gary M. Hieftje, and C. David Miller to its Instrumentation Advisory Panel 211 A BOOKS Books on lasers, fine particles, and liquid chromatography are reviewed by Fred E. Lytle, B. J. Rubin and G. L. Beyer, and Joseph Sherma 267 A EDITORS' COLUMN Analytical chemistry is needed to determine the composition of cancer "cure" compounds, the latest of which is Laetrile 283 A EDITORIAL Selection of appropriate analytical methods and definition of sensitivity limits are important in the regulation of carcinogens in the environment 193
Technical Contents/Briefs
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Author Index
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Future Articles
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Meetings
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Short Courses
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Manufacturers' Literature
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