Determination and fractionation of metals in honey

Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 276-288

  Pohl, Pawel ^a   Sergiel, Iwona ^b   Stecka, Helena ^a  

^a WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIELONA GÓRA   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atomic spectrometry; Determination; Fractionation; Honey; Mass spectrometry; Metals

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESS; ATOMIC SPECTROMETRY; CLIMATIC CONDITIONS; DETERMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; FOOD SAFETY; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCALITY; GEOGRAPHICAL ORIGINS; HONEY; HONEY BEE; HUMAN HEALTH; LITERATURE SURVEY; MASS SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS; PLANT SPECIES; POTENTIAL HAZARDS; PREPARATION PROCEDURES; SAMPLE TREATMENT; SOIL COMPOSITION; TRACE METAL;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; CHROMIUM; HEALTH; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS; POLLUTION CONTROL; SUGAR (SUCROSE); TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

CADMIUM;

CLIMATE CONDITIONS; HEAVY METAL; HONEYBEE; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

APIS MELLIFERA; APOIDEA; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS;

EID: 70449134243     PISSN: 10408347     EISSN: 15476510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408340903001250     Document Type: Review

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