A novel method for the determination of mercury and selenium in shark tissue using high-resolution inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1687-1697

  Paul, Mitchell C ^a   Toia, Robert F ^a   Von Nagy Felsobuki, Ellak I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

High Resolution ICP MS; Mercury; Selenium; Shark; Tissue

Indexed keywords

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MERCURY (METAL); METHANOL; MUSCLE; SELENIUM;

SPRAY CHAMBERS;

MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 0141844508     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0584-8547(03)00143-5     Document Type: Article

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