Uranium quantification in semen by inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 2-6

  Todorov, Todor I ^a   Ejnik, John W ^b   Guandalini, Gustavo ^c   Xu, Hanna ^c   Hoover, Dennis ^d   Anderson, Larry ^d   Squibb, Katherine ^d   McDiarmid, Melissa A ^d   Centeno, Jose A ^c  

^a United States Geological Survey   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN WHITEWATER   (United States)

^c JOINT PATHOLOGY CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ICP MS; Semen; Uranium

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; CHYMOTRYPSIN; URANIUM;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASSAY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIQUEFACTION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TRACE METAL BLOOD LEVEL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEMEN; URANIUM;

BOVINAE;

EID: 84872417300     PISSN: 0946672X     EISSN: 18783252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtemb.2012.07.004     Document Type: Article

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