Microwave digestion and analysis of foliage for total mercury by cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectroscopy

Biogeochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 2-3, 1998, Pages 115-123

  Rea, Anne W ^a   Keeler, Gerald J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

CVAFS; Foliage; Mercury; Microwave digestion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031931984     PISSN: 01682563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1005979815402     Document Type: Article

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