Development of an international standard for the determination of metals and metalloids in workplace air using ICP-AES: Evaluation of sample dissolution procedures through an interlaboratory trial

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-32

  Butler, Owen T ^a   Howe, Alan M ^a  

^a HEALTH AND SAFETY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLUBILITY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; STANDARD; WORKPLACE;

CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METALS, HEAVY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOLUBILITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0033068907     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/a807526c     Document Type: Review

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