Evaluation of laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry for the quantitative determination of lead in different parts of archeological human teeth

Spectroscopy Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 491-496

  Bellis, David J ^a   Parsons, Patrick J ^a,b   Jones, Joseph ^c   Amarasiriwardena, Dula ^c  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cementum; Circumpulpal dentine; Hypercementosis; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Laser ablation; Lead; Tooth

Indexed keywords

EID: 71149086773     PISSN: 00387010     EISSN: 15322289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00387010903267807     Document Type: Article

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