Simultaneous determination of accumulated hazardous metals in hen's egg by atomic absorption spectroscopy

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 198-201

  Khan, Khalida ^a   Naeem, Muhammad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PUNJAB   (Pakistan)

^b APPLIED CHEMISTRY RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectroscopy; Egg contamination; Toxic metals

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMS; CHEMICAL DETECTION; HAZARDS; HEALTH HAZARDS; LEAD;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DETECTION LIMITS; HAZARDOUS METALS; PAKISTAN; SIMULTANEOUS DETERMINATIONS; TOXIC ELEMENTS; TOXIC METALS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33644626525     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2006.198.201     Document Type: Article

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