Evaluation of methods for trace-element determination with emphasis on their usability in the clinical routine laboratory

Scandinavian Journal of Clinical and Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 353-366

  Bolann, B J ^a,b   Rahil Khazen, R ^a,b   Henriksen, H ^a,b   Isrenn, R ^a   Ulvik, R J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Flame atomic absorption spectrometry; Graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry; Human biological material; Inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Sample preparation

Indexed keywords

ARGON; GRAPHITE; MERCURY; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ATOM; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BIOASSAY; BODY FLUID; DIGESTION; DILUTION; FURNACE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LABORATORY TEST; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; BODY FLUIDS; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 34250196824     PISSN: 00365513     EISSN: 15027686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365510601095281     Document Type: Review

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