Assessment of the content of selected trace elements in serum of term and pre-term newborns by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 342, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-81

  Alimonti, A ^a   Petrucci, F ^a   Fioravanti, S ^b   Laurenti, F ^b   Caroli, S ^a,b  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Newborns; Serum; Trace elements; Ultrasonic nebulization

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEBULIZATION; NEWBORN; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; ULTRASOUND; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0030979203     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-2670(96)00545-4     Document Type: Article

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