Environmental metabolomics: a critical review and future perspectives

Jacob G. Bundy1, Matthew P. Davey2, Mark R. Viant3
1Department of Biomolecular Medicine, Imperial College London, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Faculty of Medicine, South Kensington, London, UK
2Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, UK
3School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK

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