An inexpensive method to test for mercury vapor in herbarium cabinets

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Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 783-790

  Hawks, Catharine ^a   Makos, Kathryn ^b   Bell, Deborah ^c   Wambach, Paul F ^d   Burroughs, G Edward ^e  

^a Conservator ^*  (United States)

^b Smithsonian Off Safety Environ M   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^d U S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Corrosive sublimate; Herbaria; Mercuric chloride; Mercury contamination; Mercury detection; Mercury indicator; Mercury vapor

Indexed keywords

BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; HERBARIUM; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHODOLOGY;

INSECTA;

EID: 6344265843     PISSN: 00400262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4135451     Document Type: Article

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