Development and validation of a method for the determination of mercury in small rat brain tissue samples by cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry

Analytical Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1505-1517

  Levine, Keith E ^a   Fernando, Reshan A ^a   Ross, Glenn T ^a   Lang, Michelle ^a   Morgan, Daniel L ^b   Collins, Bradley J ^b  

^a RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tissue; Cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrometry; Fetal brain; Mercury; Neonatal brain; Small sample size

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; MERCURY; STANNOUS CHLORIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN TISSUE; COLD VAPOR ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; FETUS; FLOW RATE; FLUORESCENCE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; MERCURIALISM; NEUROTOXICITY; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RAT; SAMPLING; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY; STANDARD; VAPOR;

EID: 0036351095     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/AL-120006726     Document Type: Article

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