Measurement of selenium in clinical specimens

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 301-315

  Sheehan, T M T ^a   Halls, D J ^b  

^a CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Generation atomic absorption and atomic fluorescence spectrometry; Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry; Hydride; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Molecular fluorescence spectrometry

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTOXICATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; SELENIUM DEFICIENCY; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; TISSUE LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0033037868     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000456329903600302     Document Type: Review

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