Laser ablation ICP-MS analysis of the radial distribution of lead in the femur of Alligator mississippiensis

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 363, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 245-252

  Seltzer, Michael D ^a   Lance, Valentine A ^b   Elsey, Ruth M ^c  

^a NAVAL AIR WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligators; Bone; ICP MS; Laser ablation; Lead

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GROWTH KINETICS; LASER ABLATION; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ALLIGATORS; BONE GROWTH; ICP-MS; LEAD INTOXICATION;

BONE;

LEAD;

ACCUMULATION; BONE; CALCIFICATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LASER METHOD; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REPTILE;

ALLIGATOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMUR; LASER SURGERY; LEAD POISONING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; LASER; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; WILD ANIMAL;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE;

ALLIGATORS AND CROCODILES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; FEMUR; LASERS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 33746926389     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.05.024     Document Type: Article

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