ICP-MS determination of lead isotope ratios in legal and counterfeit cigarette tobacco samples

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 484-494

  Judd, Christopher D ^a   Swami, Kamal ^a,b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Cigarettes; Counterfeit; Forensic; Heavy isotopes; ICP MS; Isotope measurements; Isotope ratio; Lead; Methods and equipment; Pb isotope ratios; Radioactive nuclides; Tobacco

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPE; LEAD;

INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; LEAD ISOTOPE; PRECISION; TOBACCO;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DECEPTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; TOBACCO;

DECEPTION; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOBACCO;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 78650051792     PISSN: 10256016     EISSN: 14772639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10256016.2010.528839     Document Type: Article

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