Routine, automated determination of inorganic and total mercury in multimedia using cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry

Chemosphere

Volumn 56, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1097-1103

  Gill, Udai ^a,b   Bigras, Louis ^a   Schwartz, Harold ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b Postal Locator 6402A2 Ont   (Canada)

Author keywords

Automated determination; Cold vapour atomic absorption; Inorganic mercury; Routine; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DEMODULATION; MERCURY (METAL); TISSUE;

COLD VAPOUR ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC MERCURY; TOTAL MERCURY;

INORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

INORGANIC COMPOUND; MERCURY;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ACCURACY; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; AUTOMATION; COLD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; HAIR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATERIALS; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCIBILITY; SAMPLING; URINE; VAPOR;

EID: 3242797389     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.05.014     Document Type: Article

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