Elemental concentration distribution in human fingernails - A 3D study

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 273, Issue , 2012, Pages 153-156

  Pineda Vargas, C A ^a,b   Mars, J A ^a   Gihwala, D ^a  

^a CAPE PENINSULA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b ITHEMBA LABS   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Human fingernails; Micro PIXE; Micro RBS; Nuclear microprobe

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; BULK SAMPLES; ELEMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; ELEMENTAL DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN FINGERNAIL; HUMAN TISSUES; INDUSTRIAL SAMPLES; MAJOR ELEMENTS; MICRO-PIXE; MICRO-RBS; MINOR ELEMENTS; NUCLEAR MICROPROBES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); MANGANESE; MICROCHANNELS; RUBIDIUM; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TISSUE;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

EID: 84856085183     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nimb.2011.07.063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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