Determination of Heavy Metal Content in Vegetables and Oils From Spain and Morocco by Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry

Analytical Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 907-919

  Bakkali, Karima ^a   Martos, Natividad Ramos ^a   Souhail, Badredine ^b   Ballesteros, Evaristo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b ABDELMALEK ESSAADI UNIVERSITY   (Morocco)

Author keywords

Certified reference material; Heavy metals; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Oils; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

ALLIUM CEPA; DAUCUS CAROTA; HELIANTHUS; LACTUCA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SPINACIA OLERACEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84861739900     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2012.655658     Document Type: Article

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