1. Fiber-in-tube solid-phase microextraction: a fibrous rigid-rod heterocyclic polymer as the extraction medium

   • Y. Saito
   • Y. Nakao
   • K. Jinno

   Technical note Pages: 641 - 643

2. Comparison of different excitation methods for X-ray spectral analysis: the case of synchrotron radiation

   • G. E. Gigante
   • B. Gonsior

   Original Paper Pages: 644 - 648

3. Determination of Cd and Pb at μg/L levels by HHPN-beam injection flame furnace-AAS

   • J. Neira
   • H. Berndt

   Original Paper Pages: 649 - 655

4. Measurements for certification of chlortetracycline reference materials within the European Union Standards, Measurements and Testing programme

   • M. Juhel-Gaugain
   • J. D. G. McEvoy
   • L. A. VanGinkel

   Original Paper Pages: 656 - 663

5. Investigations on the water content of candidate reference material CRM 679 cabbage powder

   • S. Korhammer
   • H.-D. Isengard
   • Ph. Quevauviller

   Original paper Pages: 664 - 668

6. Rapid simultaneous determination of four anthracene derivatives using a single non-linear variable-angle synchronous fluorescence spectrum

   • Wei Sui
   • Chun Wu
   • Yao Qun Li

   Original paper Pages: 669 - 675

7. The stability of non-ionic surfactants and linear alkylbenzene sulfonates in a water matrix and on solid-phase extraction cartridges

   • M. Petrović
   • D. Barceló

   Original Paper Pages: 676 - 683

8. Microwave assisted methodology for the determination of organic pollutants in organic municipal wastes and soils: extraction of polychlorinated biphenyls using heat transformer disks

   • R.-A. Düring
   • St. Gäth

   Original Paper Pages: 684 - 688

9. Characterization of aquatic humic substances and their metal complexes by immobilized metal-chelate affinity chromatography on iron(III)-loaded ion exchangers

   • P. Burba
   • B. Jakubowski
   • K. G. Heumann

   Original Paper Pages: 689 - 696

10. Rapid determination of PAHs in soil samples by HPLC with fluorimetric detection following sonication extraction

    • M. N. Kayali-Sayadi
    • S. Rubio-Barroso
    • L. M. Polo-Díez

    Original Paper Pages: 697 - 701

11. Extraction of antimony and arsenic from fresh and freeze-dried plant samples as determined by HG-AAS

    • M. Krachler
    • H. Emons

    Original Paper Pages: 702 - 707

12. High resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HR-ICPMS) determination and multivariate evaluation of 10 trace elements in mussels from 7 sites in Limfjorden, Denmark

    • I. E. Bechmann
    • S. Stürup
    • L. V. Kristensen

    Original Paper Pages: 708 - 714

13. Microdetermination of proteins using m-carboxychlorophosphonazo as detection probe by enhanced resonance light scattering spectroscopy

    • Qianfeng Li
    • Xingguo Chen
    • Zhide Hu

    Original Paper Pages: 715 - 719

14. Voltammetric trace analysis of DNA and RNA

    • S. Reher
    • Y. Lepka
    • G. Schwedt

    Original Paper Pages: 720 - 726

15. Calibrated nanoinjections of mercury vapor

    • M. Vasjari
    • V. M. Mirsky

    Short Communication Pages: 727 - 729

16. A new application of humic substances: activation of supports for invertase immobilization

    • A. H. Rosa
    • A. A. Vicente
    • H. C. Trevisan

    Short Communication Pages: 730 - 733

17. Lead in micro-samples of whole blood by Rhenium-cup in-torch vaporization-inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry (ITV-ICP-AES)

    • W. Vander Wilp
    • V. Karanassios

    Short Communication Pages: 734 - 736