Determination of mercury in hair by square-wave anodic stripping voltammetry at a rotating gold disk electrode after microwave digestion

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 261-276

  East, Gaston A ^a   Marinho, Epitácio P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Anodic stripping voltammetry; Hair analysis; Mercury determination; Microwave digestion; Rotating gold electrode

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHLORIDE; COPPER; ELECTROLYTE; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC;

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANODIC STRIPPING POTENTIOMETRY; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MICROWAVE RADIATION; RELIABILITY; ROTATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CHILD; CHLORIDES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; GOLD; HAIR; HUMANS; MERCURY; MICROWAVES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOUTH AMERICA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 18244388196     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:103:3:261     Document Type: Article

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