Laboratory gloves as a source of trace element contamination

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 135-142

  Friel, James K ^a   Mercer, Claude ^a   Andrews, Wayne L ^a   Simmons, Brian R ^a   Jackson, Simon E ^a   Longerich, Henry P ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Gloves; ICP MS; trace elements

Indexed keywords

LATEX; TRACE ELEMENT; VINYL DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CONTAMINATION; GLOVE; LABORATORY;

EID: 0029744025     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02786260     Document Type: Article

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