Cold-vapour atomic absorption spectrometry underestimates total mercury in blood and urine compared to inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometry: An important factor for determining mercury reference intervals

Pathology

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 467-472

  Chan, Michael H M ^a   Chan, Iris H S ^a   Kong, Alice P S ^a   Osaki, Risa ^a   Cheung, Robert C K ^a   Ho, Chung S ^a   Wong, Gary W K ^a   Tong, Peter C Y ^a   Chan, Juliana C N ^a   Lam, Christopher W K ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption; Chinese; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Mercury; Reference interval

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; COLD VAPOUR ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIETARY INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MERCURIALISM; MERCURY BLOOD LEVEL; MERCURY URINE LEVEL; OXIDATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEA FOOD; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 70350630212     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: 14653931     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020903041085     Document Type: Article

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