Use of 3-D plots to avoid mutual interference in bianalyte ASV determinations: application to cadmium and lead

Nongnoot Wongkaew1, Cristian Guajardo, Patsamon Rijiravanich

  • 1School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Bangkhuntien, Bangkok 10150, Thailand.

Talanta
|July 6, 2011
PubMed

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