Determination of Lead in Human Hair by High Resolution Continuum Source Graphite Furnace Atomic Absorption Spectrometry with Microwave Digestion and Solid Sampling

Analytical Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 2467-2481

  Zhao, Li Jiao ^a   Ren, Ting ^a   Zhong, Ru Gang ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Direct solid sampling; High resolution continuum source graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry; Human hair; Lead; Microwave assisted digestion

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868125326     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032719.2012.689903     Document Type: Article

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