Evaluation of the uncertainty associated to the determination of heavy metals in seawater using graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry

Analytical Letters

Volumn 40, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 3322-3342

  Pino, Verónica ^a   Hernández Martín, Inmaculada ^a   Ayala, Juan H ^a   González, Venerando ^a   Afonso, Ana M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Bottom up approach; Electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry; Heavy metals; Top down approach; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

EID: 38949187977     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032710701672269     Document Type: Article

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