Improved preparation of small biological samples for mercury analysis using cold vapor atomic absorption spectroscopy,

Chemosphere

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2951-2958

  Adair, Blakely M ^a   Cobb, George P ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTATION; EXTRACTION; LABORATORY TEST; NONHUMAN; ORGAN SIZE; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLE; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; KIDNEY; MERCURY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0033136566     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00493-7     Document Type: Article

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