@article{ref1,
title="Advice on chemical weapons sample stability and storage provided by the Scientific Advisory Board of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to increase investigative capabilities worldwide",
journal="Talanta",
year="2018",
author="Timperley, Christopher M. and Forman, Jonathan E. and Abdollahi, Mohammad and Al-Amri, Abdullah Saeed and Alonso, Isel Pascual and Baulig, Augustin and Borrett, Veronica and Cariño, Flerida A. and Curty, Christophe and Berrutti, David González and Kovarik, Zrinka and Martínez-Álvarez, Roberto and Mikulak, Robert and Mourão, Nicia Maria Fusaro and Ponnadurai, Ramasami and Neffe, Slawomir and Raza, Syed K. and Rubaylo, Valentin and Takeuchi, Koji and Tang, Cheng and Trifirò, Ferruccio and van Straten, Francois Mauritz and Vanninen, Paula S. and Zaitsev, Volodymyr and Waqar, Farhat and Zina, Mongia Saïd and Blum, Marc-Michael and Gregg, Hugh and Fischer, Elena and Sun, Siqing and Yang, Pei",
volume="188",
number="",
pages="808-832",
abstract="The Scientific Advisory Board (SAB) of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has provided advice on the long-term storage and stability of samples collected in the context of chemical weapons investigations. The information they compiled and reviewed is beneficial to all laboratories that carry out analysis of samples related to chemical warfare agents and is described herein. The preparation of this report was undertaken on request from the OPCW Director-General. The main degradation products for chemicals on the Schedules in the Annex on Chemicals of the Chemical Weapons Convention are tabulated. The expertise of the 25 scientists comprising the SAB, a review of the scientific literature on environmental and biomedical sample analysis, and answers to a questionnaire from chemists of nine OPCW Designated Laboratories, were drawn upon to provide the advice. Ten recommendations to ensure the long-term storage and stability of samples collected in relation to the potential use of chemical weapons were provided and are repeated here for the consideration of all laboratories worldwide.<br><br>Copyright © 2018 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0039-9140",
doi="10.1016/j.talanta.2018.04.022",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2018.04.022"
}