Determination of total mercury in fish and cormorant using cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry

Polish Journal of Environmental Studies

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 931-936

  Konieczka, Piotr ^a   Misztal Szkudlińska, Małgorzata ^b   Namieśnik, Jacek ^a   Szefer, Piotr ^b  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry; Cormorant; Fish; Mercury; Validation parameters

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049327947     PISSN: 12301485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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