Application of double focusing sector field ICP-MS for multielemental characterization of human hair and nails. Part I. Analytical methodology

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 250, Issue 1-3, 2000, Pages 83-100

  Rodushkin, Ilia ^a   Axelsson, Mikael D ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Hair; High resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Laser ablation; Multielement analysis; Nails

Indexed keywords

ELEMENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; NITRIC ACID;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER SURGERY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLE; STANDARD; TISSUE LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAILS; XENOBIOTICS;

EID: 0034709284     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(00)00369-7     Document Type: Article

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