Study of oxide-based interferences on trace elements determination in ICP-MS

Handbook on Mass Spectrometry: Instrumentation, Data and Analysis, and Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 201-224

  D'Ilio, Sonia ^a   Petrucci, Francesco ^a   Senofonte, Oreste ^a   Violante, Nicola ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

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