Determination of total arsenic concentrations in nails by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 109-125

  Chen, Kuei Ling Belinda ^a   Amarasiriwardena, Chitra J ^b   Christiani, David C ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Extraction efficiency; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer (ICP MS); Nails; Washing efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAIL; PLASMA; QUALITY CONTROL; REFERENCE VALUE;

EID: 0032900829     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02784067     Document Type: Article

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