Trace elements in human cancerous and healthy tissues: A comparative study by EDXRF, TXRF, synchrotron radiation and PIXE

Spectrochimica Acta - Part B Atomic Spectroscopy

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1004-1011

  Carvalho, M L ^a   Magalhaes T ^a   Becker, M ^b   von Bohlen, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR ANALYTISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN ISAS E V   (Germany)

Author keywords

Energy dispersive X ray fluorescence; Human cancerous tissues; Proton induced X ray emission; Synchrotron radiation; Total reflection X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; CELL MEMBRANES; ENZYME INHIBITION; ONCOLOGY; SYNCHROTRONS; TISSUE;

BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (EDXRF); ENZYMATIC REACTIONS; NEOPLASTIC TISSUES; PROTON-INDUCED X-RAY EMISSION (PIXE); SYNCHROTRON RADIATION INDUCED X-RAY EMISSION (SRIXE); TOTAL-REFLECTION X-RAY FLUORESCENCE (TXRF);

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 34548650252     PISSN: 05848547     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sab.2007.03.030     Document Type: Review

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