Evaluation of an interlaboratory proficiency-testing exercise for total mercury in environmental samples of soils, sediments and fish tissue

TrAC - Trends in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 959-970

  Pereira, E ^a   Rodrigues, S M ^a   Otero, M ^a   Valega M ^a   Lopes, C B ^a   Pato, P ^a   Coelho, J P ^a   Lillebo A I ^a   Duarte, A C ^a   Pardal, M A ^b   Rocha, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c LECO Instrumentos   (Spain)

Author keywords

Contamination; Determination; Fish tissue; Interlaboratory exercise; Matrix; Proficiency testing; Reference value; Sediment; Soil; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE SPECIES; EVALUATION; FISH; LABORATORY TEST; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 55549136707     PISSN: 01659936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2008.09.001     Document Type: Article

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