Effect of sample preparation techniques on the concentrations and distributions of elements in biological tissues using μsRXRF: A comparative study

Physiological Measurement

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2015, Pages N51-N60

  Al Ebraheem, A ^a   Dao, E ^a   Desouza, E ^a   Li, C ^b   Wainman, B C ^b   McNeill, F E ^a   Farquharson, M J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE; PARAFFINS; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; TISSUE;

BIO-METAL; BIOLOGICAL TISSUES; DISTRIBUTION OF ELEMENT; DRYING TECHNIQUE; EMBEDDED TECHNIQUES; EPIDERMAL LAYERS; FREEZE DRYING; HUMAN SKIN; SAMPLE PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

LOW TEMPERATURE DRYING;

CALCIUM; COPPER; FORMALDEHYDE; IRON; PARAFFIN; ZINC;

ARM; BACK; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FOOT; FREEZE DRYING; HAND; HUMAN; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SPECTROMETRY; SYNCHROTRON; THIGH; THORAX;

ARM; BACK; CALCIUM; COPPER; DERMIS; EPIDERMIS; FOOT; FORMALDEHYDE; FREEZE DRYING; HAND; HUMANS; IRON; MICROTECHNOLOGY; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; SPECTROMETRY, X-RAY EMISSION; SYNCHROTRONS; THIGH; THORAX; ZINC;

EID: 84923315450     PISSN: 09673334     EISSN: 13616579     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0967-3334/36/3/N51     Document Type: Article

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