A calibration method for proposed XRF measurements of arsenic and selenium in nail clippings

Physics in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 56, Issue 20, 2011, Pages

  Gherase, Mihai R ^a   Fleming, David E B ^a  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION LINES; CALIBRATION METHOD; DIFFERENT MASS; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; HUMAN NAILS; SEMI-EMPIRICAL; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE MEASUREMENT; X-RAY SPECTRA;

ARSENIC; CALIBRATION; SELENIUM; SIZE EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; X RAY TUBES; X RAYS;

X RAY SPECTROMETERS;

ARSENIC; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NAIL; SPECTROMETRY;

ARSENIC; CALIBRATION; HUMANS; NAILS; SELENIUM; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION;

EID: 80053615606     PISSN: 00319155     EISSN: 13616560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/56/20/N01     Document Type: Article

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