Study on the simultaneous determination of PB and CD in some commercial medicinal plants by both atomic absorption and voltametry methods

Analytical Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2405-2414

  Honary, S ^a   Ebrahimi, P ^b   Naghibi, F ^c   Mosaddegh, M ^c   Shahhoseini, S ^c  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b GORGAN UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Iran)

^c SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anodic stripping voltammetry; Cadmium; Flame atomic absorption spectroscopy; Lead; Medicinal plants; Polarography

Indexed keywords

EID: 35648938827     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032710701577500     Document Type: Article

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