Application of Cold Vapor-Atomic Absorption (CVAAS) Spectrophotometry and Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometry methods for cadmium, mercury and lead analyses of fish samples. Validation of the method of CVAAS

Food Control

Volumn 48, Issue , 2015, Pages 37-42

  Fernández, Zahily Herrero ^a   Valcárcel Rojas, Lino Angel ^a   Álvarez, Alfredo Montero ^a   Estevez Álvarez, Juan Reynaldo ^a   Araújo dos Santos, José ^b   González, Iván Pupo ^a   González, Maydel Rodríguez ^a   Macias, Nancy Alberro ^a   Sánchez, Diana López ^a   Torres, Debora Hernández ^a  

^a Center of Technological Applications and Nuclear Development   (Cuba)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CVAAS; Fish samples; Heavy metals; ICP AES

Indexed keywords

EID: 84908052589     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2014.05.056     Document Type: Article

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