Organic mercury determination in fish samples using an automatic mercury analyser

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 339-342

  Scerbo, R ^a   Barghigiani, C ^a  

^a CNR Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Automatic mercury analyser; Certified reference materials; Fish samples; Organic mercury

Indexed keywords

FISH;

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; AUTOMATIC MERCURY ANALYSER; CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; FISH SAMPLES; ORGANIC MERCURY; REFERENCE MATERIAL; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SEPARATION TECHNIQUES;

MERCURY (METAL);

ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND; TOLUENE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYZER; BIOACCUMULATION; EXTRACTION; FISH; LIVER; LOBSTER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; TECHNIQUE;

ANIMALIA; SQUALUS ACANTHIAS;

EID: 0031932897     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593331908616689     Document Type: Article

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