Determination of selected metals in alligator (alligator mississippiensis) tissues by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry

Instrumentation Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 368-373

  Guillory, Garret ^a   Hardaway, Carey J ^a   Merchant, Mark E ^a   Sneddon, Joseph ^a  

^a MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

alligator meat and bone; ICP OES; metals

Indexed keywords

ALLIGATOR MEAT AND BONE; BONE TISSUE; DETECTION LIMITS; ICP-OES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA-OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; MEAN STANDARD DEVIATION; SELECTED METALS;

BONE; CADMIUM; CHEMICAL DETECTION; HISTOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LIGHT EMISSION; MEATS; METALS; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE; ZINC;

PLASMA DIAGNOSTICS;

EID: 79960822742     PISSN: 10739149     EISSN: 15256030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10739149.2011.585196     Document Type: Article

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