Current role of ICP–MS in clinical toxicology and forensic toxicology: a metallic profile

Autor: Jean-Pierre Goullé, Michel Guerbet, Elodie Saussereau, Loïc Mahieu
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Bioanalysis. 6:2245-2259
ISSN: 1757-6199
1757-6180
Popis: As metal/metalloid exposure is inevitable owing to its omnipresence, it may exert toxicity in humans. Recent advances in metal/metalloid analysis have been made moving from flame atomic absorption spectrometry and electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry to the multi-elemental inductively coupled plasma (ICP) techniques as ICP atomic emission spectrometry and ICP–MS. ICP–MS has now emerged as a major technique in inorganic analytical chemistry owing to its flexibility, high sensitivity and good reproducibility. This in depth review explores the ICP–MS metallic profile in human toxicology. It is now routinely used and of great importance, in clinical toxicology and forensic toxicology to explore biological matrices, specifically whole blood, plasma, urine, hair, nail, biopsy samples and tissues.
Databáze: OpenAIRE