Isotope dilution SPME GC/MS for the determination of methylmercury in tuna fish samples

Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-83

  Centineo, Giuseppe ^a   González, Elisa Blanco ^a   García Alonso, J Ignacio ^a   Sanz Medel, Alfredo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

Author keywords

GC MS; Interlaboratory exercise; Isotope dilution; Methylmercury; Tuna fish samples

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ISOTOPE DILUTION; METHYLMERCURY; TUNA FISH SAMPLES;

MERCURY (METAL);

BORON DERIVATIVE; CARBON 13; MERCURY; MERCURY 101; MERCURY 198; MERCURY 199; MERCURY 200; MERCURY 201; METHYLMERCURY; SODIUM TETRAPROPYL BORATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DERIVATIZATION; FISH; IONIZATION; ISOTOPE DILUTION ASSAY; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MEAT; MERCURY RADIOISOTOPES; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TUNA;

ANIMALIA; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 31544466206     PISSN: 10765174     EISSN: 10969888     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jms.960     Document Type: Article

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