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Determination of Inorganic Arsenic in a Wide Range of Food Matrices using Hydride Generation - Atomic Absorption Spectrometry.
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[Determination of available as (III) and as (V) in soils by flow injection hydride generation atomic fluorescence

Han-dong Liu1, Jian-bo Shi, Quan Chi

  • 1College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Jianghan University, Wuhan 430019, China.

Guang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi = Guang Pu
|August 27, 2003
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