Compton suppression method and epithermal NAA in the determination of nutrients and heavy metals in Nigerian food and beverages

Applied Radiation and Isotopes

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1909-1914

  Ahmed, Y A ^a,b   Landsberger, S ^b   O'Kelly, D J ^b   Braisted, J ^b   Gabdo, H ^c   Ewa, I O B ^a   Umar, I M ^a   Funtua, I I ^a  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^c Federal College of Education   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Beverages; Compton suppression; Epithermal NAA; Food; Heavy metals; Nutrients

Indexed keywords

CITRUS LEAVES; COMPTON SCATTERED PHOTONS; COMPTON SUPPRESSION; CONCENTRATION OF; EPITHERMAL; EPITHERMAL NAA; EPITHERMAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION; FOOD; HEAVY ELEMENTS; HIGH-CONTENT; MICRO AND MACRO; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGIES; NIGERIAN FOODS; POWDERED MILK; STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL; THERMAL FLUXES; TRIGA REACTOR; UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS;

BARIUM; BEVERAGES; CALCIUM; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CHROMIUM; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; HEAVY METALS; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NUTRIENTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM; TOBACCO; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; ZINC;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ARSENIC; BARIUM; BROMINE; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHLORINE; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IODINE; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; RUBIDIUM; SELENIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; APPLE; ARTICLE; BEAN; BEVERAGE; CITRUS FRUIT; COMPTON EFFECT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; MAIZE; MILK; MILLET; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NIGERIA; NUTRIENT; PEACH; PHOTON; PLANT LEAF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RICE; SORGHUM; SOYBEAN; TEA; TOBACCO;

BEVERAGES; DIET; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; NIGERIA;

EID: 77955276491     PISSN: 09698043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2010.04.016     Document Type: Article

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