Evaluation of the three most commonly used analytical methods for determination of inorganic arsenic and its metabolites in urine

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 310-318

  Lindberg, Anna Lena ^a   Goessler, Walter ^b   Grandér, Margaretha ^a   Nermell, Barbro ^a   Vahter, Marie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Atomic absorption spectrometry; Atomic fluorescence spectrometry; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Urine samples

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; ARSENIC DERIVATIVE; CACODYLIC ACID; METHANEARSONIC ACID;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; COST; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; URINE LEVEL;

ARSENIC; ARSENICALS; CACODYLIC ACID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 33846250857     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2006.10.028     Document Type: Article

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