Determination of low levels of total mercury in blood and plasma by cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometry

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 155-160

  Sandborgh Englund, G ^a,b   Bjorkhem I ^a   Bjorkman L ^a   Valtersson, C ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Blood; Cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometry; Mercury determination; Plasma

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; AUTOMATION; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0031954081     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365519850186742     Document Type: Article

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