Determination of Arsenic and Selenium in Food using a Microwave Digestion-Dry Ash Preparation and Flow Injection Hydride Generation Atomic Absorption Spectrometry

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 111-122

  Mindak, William R ^a   Dolan, Scott P ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Atomic absorption; Food; Hydride; Selenium

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001613938     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jfca.1999.0814     Document Type: Article

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