A simple method for methylmercury, inorganic mercury and ethylmercury determination in plasma samples by high performance liquid chromatography-cold-vapor-inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Analytica Chimica Acta

Volumn 761, Issue , 2013, Pages 11-17

  de Souza, Samuel S ^a   Campiglia, Andres Dobal ^b   Barbosa, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

ICP MS; Liquid chromatography; Mercury; Plasma; Sample preparation; Speciation

Indexed keywords

2-MERCAPTOETHANOL; BOVINE BLOOD; COUPLED PLASMA; ETHYLMERCURY; EXTRACTANTS; FISH CONSUMPTION; ICP-MS; INORGANIC MERCURY; L-CYSTEINE; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MERCURY EXTRACTION; MERCURY SPECIES; METHOD DETECTION LIMITS; METHYL MERCURY; MOBILE PHASE; PLASMA SAMPLES; REVERSE-PHASE COLUMN; SAMPLE PREPARATION; SAMPLE PREPARATION PROCEDURE; SENSITIVE METHOD; SERUM SAMPLES; SIMPLE METHOD; SPECIATION; STANDARD REFERENCE MATERIAL; TOXIC METALS;

AMINO ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; FORMIC ACID; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; METHANOL; PLASMAS; SEPARATION; VAPORS;

MERCURY (METAL);

CYSTEINE; ETHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; FORMIC ACID; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; INORGANIC MERCURY; MERCAPTOETHANOL; MERCURY DERIVATIVE; METHANOL; METHYLMERCURY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CONTAMINATED FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION TIME; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ETHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84872129974     PISSN: 00032670     EISSN: 18734324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2012.11.038     Document Type: Article

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