Essential and toxic element concentrations in fresh and formalin-fixed human autopsy tissues

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1995, Pages 284-294

  Bush, Valerie J ^a   Moyer, Thomas P ^a   Batts, Kenneth P ^a   Parisi, Joseph E ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; COPPER; FORMALDEHYDE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; AUTOPSY; BRAIN LEVEL; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE PRESERVATION; TOXIN ANALYSIS;

EID: 0028926388     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/41.2.284     Document Type: Article

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