A fast ultrasound-assisted extraction procedure for trace elements determination in hair samples by ICP-MS for forensic analysis

Forensic Science International

Volumn 192, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 88-93

  Batista, Bruno Lemos ^a   Rodrigues, Jairo Lisboa ^a   de Oliveira Souza, Vanessa Cristina ^a   Barbosa, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Forensic; Hair samples; ICP MS; Poisoning; Rapid treatment; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BERYLLIUM; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; NITRIC ACID; RHODIUM; THALLIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ACCURACY; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CANADA; CENTRIFUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; EXTRACTION; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUPERNATANT; ULTRASOUND; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 70349619666     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.08.003     Document Type: Article

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