Monitoring of environmental metals in human blood: The need for data validation

Current Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 269-276

  Bocca, Beatrice ^a   Mattei, Daniela ^a   Pino, Anna ^a   Alimonti, Alessandro ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Human blood; Metals; Method validation; SF ICP MS; Uncertainty estimation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BUDGET CONTROL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS;

ANALYTICAL DATA; BIOMONITORING; DATA VALIDATION; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; HUMAN BLOODS; METAL EXPOSURES; METHOD VALIDATIONS; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SF-ICP-MS; UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052831552     PISSN: 15734110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341111797183119     Document Type: Article

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