Determination of mercury in whole blood and urine by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Spectrochimica acta, Part B: Atomic spectroscopy

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1141-1153

  Nixon, David E ^a   Burritt, Mary F ^a   Moyer, Thomas P ^a  

^a Metals Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BODY FLUIDS; CHROMATES; CORRELATION METHODS; GOLD; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COLD VAPOR ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINE;

MERCURY (METAL);

EID: 0032592728     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(99)00057-9     Document Type: Article

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