Direct determination of selenium in sub-milligram amounts of human sperm nuclei by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 239-243

  Bertelsmann, Holger ^a   Kyriakopoulos, Antonios ^a   Oezaslan, Methap ^a   Hammadeh, Mohammed ^b   Behne, Dietrich ^a  

^a HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

ETAAS; INAA; Selenium analysis; Sperm nuclei

Indexed keywords

EID: 33847138563     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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