Silicon determination in human ventricular whole blood: A possible marker of drowning

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 426, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 142-146

  Maraschi, Federica ^a   Sturini, Michela ^a   Speltini, Andrea ^a   Orio, Francesco ^a   Profumo, Antonella ^a   Pierucci, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

DRC ICP MS; Drowning; Trace silicon; Whole blood

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENTS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; SILICA; WATER;

CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; DRC-ICP-MS; DROWNING; DYNAMIC REACTION CELL; METHOD DETECTION LIMITS; MICROWAVE ASSISTED DIGESTION; TETRAMETHYL AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; WHOLE BLOOD;

BLOOD;

HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; SILICON; SILICON DIOXIDE; TETRAMETHYLAMMONIUM;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DROWNING; DYNAMIC REACTION CELL INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 84862025403     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2012.04.024     Document Type: Article

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