Application of three spectrometric methods to total selenium determination in postmortem material in a case of acute selenium compound poisoning

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 518-521

  Wietecha Posłuszny, Renata ^a   Lech, Teresa ^b   Kościelniak, Paweł ^a,b  

^a JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF FORENSIC RESEARCH   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atomic fluorescence spectrometry with hydride generation; Electrothermal atomization atomic absorption spectrometry; Fatal poisoning; Forensic science; Postmortem material; Spectrofluorimetry; Total selenium

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; STOMACH;

FEMALE; FORENSIC TOXICOLOGY; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; SELENIUM; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; STOMACH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951855196     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2010.01660.x     Document Type: Article

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