Multianalytical determination of trace elements in atmospheric biomonitors by k0-INAA, ICP-MS and AAS

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment

Volumn 564, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 733-742

  Freitas, M C ^a   Pacheco, A M G ^b   Dionisio I ^a   Sarmento, S ^a   Baptista, M S ^c   Vasconcelos, M T S D ^c,d   Cabral, J P ^c,d  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

AAS; Analytic control; Biological monitoring; Epiphytic lichens; ICP MS; k0 INAA; Nonparametric statistics; Trace elements; Tree bark

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CONTAMINATION; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA PROCESSING; DATA STRUCTURES; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION;

ANALYTIC CONTROL; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY (AAS); BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EPIPHYTIC LICHENS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY (ICP-MS); K0-INAA; NONPARAMETRIC STATISTICS; TREE BARK;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 33746449178     PISSN: 01689002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nima.2006.04.008     Document Type: Article

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