Performance appraisals of digital spectroscopy systems for the measurement of bone lead

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 53, Issue 4-5, 2000, Pages 647-650

  Bateman, S N ^a   Pejovic Milic A ^a   Stronach, I M ^a   McNeill, F E ^a   Chettle, D R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bone lead; Digital spectroscopy; Minimum detection limit; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

BONE; DIGITAL DEVICES; LEAD; PERFORMANCE; SPECTROMETERS; TRACE ANALYSIS;

BONE LEAD MEASUREMENT; CADMIUM BASED POTASSIUM X RAY FLUORESCENCE; DIGITAL SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEMS; MINIMUM DETECTION LIMIT;

X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

LEAD;

BIOACCUMULATION; BONE; BONE MINERAL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ELECTRONICS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEASUREMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

BONE AND BONES; LEAD; MODELS, ANATOMIC; PHANTOMS, IMAGING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 0342626750     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0969-8043(00)00197-4     Document Type: Article

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