Detection of sodium and potassium in single human red blood cells by 193-nm laser ablative sampling: A feasibility demonstration

Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 247-250

  Ng, C W ^a   Cheung, N H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CENTRIFUGATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ERYTHROCYTE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEASUREMENT; NEODYMIUM LASER;

ERYTHROCYTES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HUMANS; LASERS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033970844     PISSN: 00032700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ac9908795     Document Type: Article

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