Element content of propolis collected from different areas of South Spain

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 185, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 6035-6047

  Bonvehí, J Serra ^a   Bermejo, F J Orantes ^b  

^a Research and Development Department of Nederland Co   (Spain)

^b Apinevada Analytical Laboratory of Bee Products   (Spain)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; ICP AES; Mercury analyzer; Propolis; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION CONTROL; ICP-AES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; MERCURY ANALYZERS; MICROWAVE ASSISTED DIGESTION; PROPOLIS; PROVISIONAL TOLERABLE WEEKLY INTAKES;

AIR POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT; ALUMINUM; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; CALCIUM; HEAVY METALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; LEAD; POLLUTION; SILICON; SODIUM; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

ANTIMONY;

ALUMINUM; ANTIMONY; ARGON; ARSENIC; BARIUM; CADMIUM; CALCIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; PROPOLIS; SELENIUM; SILICON; SILVER; SODIUM; SULFUR; TIN; ZINC;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; DIGESTION; HEAVY METAL; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RELIABILITY ANALYSIS; RESIN; TRACE ELEMENT;

ANALYZER; ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MINERALIZATION; SPAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; METALS, HEAVY; PROPOLIS; SPAIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRACE ELEMENTS;

SPAIN;

EID: 84878696269     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-012-3004-3     Document Type: Article

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