Arsenic speciation of two specimens of Napoleon's hair

Forensic Science International

Volumn 170, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 204-206

  Kintz, Pascal ^a   Ginet, Morgane ^a   Marques, Nadine ^a   Cirimele, Vincent ^a  

^a Laboratoire ChemTox   (France)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Hair; LC ICP MS; Napoleon; Speciation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC TOXICITY; FRANCE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HEAVY METAL POISONING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INTOXICATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34447626597     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2007.02.035     Document Type: Article

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