Analysis of methylmercury concentration in the blood of Koreans by using cold vapor atomic fluorescence spectrophotometry

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 31-37

  Kim, Byoung Gwon ^a,b   Jo, Eun Mi ^a   Kim, Gyeong Yeon ^a   Kim, Dae Seon ^c   Kim, Yu Mi ^a   Kim, Rock Bum ^b   Suh, Byung Seong ^d   Hong, Young Seoub ^a,b  

^a Dong A University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Dong A University   (South Korea)

^c National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

^d School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blood; Limit of detection; Methylmercury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859571901     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2012.32.1.31     Document Type: Article

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