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Analytical Approaches for Sampling and Sample Preparation for Heavy Metals Analysis in Biological Materials

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Environmental Heavy Metal Pollution and Effects on Child Mental Development

Part of the book series: NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security ((NAPSC,volume 1))

Abstract

Heavy metals concentrations in biological materials are necessary to be known when investigations in environmental or health risk assessment are done. The paper aims to review the modern aspects of the first step of the analytical process, sampling and sample preparation which involve some of the following operations: sample collection (sampling), washing, storage, preservation, followed by sample transformation to the most appropriate form for measurement. New separation techniques, applied for specific analytes extraction or preconcentration from biological matrices and metal speciation are also briefly described.

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  1. Ovidius University of Constanta, 124 Mamaia Bldv, 900527, Constanta, Romania

    Elisabeta Chirila

  2. Transilvania University of Brasov, 29 Eroilor Bldv, 500036, Brasov, Romania

    Camelia Draghici

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  1. , Solar Terrestrial Influences Laboratory, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, G. Bonchev Str. Block 3, Sofia, 1113, Bulgaria

    Lubomir I. Simeonov

  2. of the FY Republic of Macedonia, Department of Water and Communal Hygiene, Institute of Public Health, 50 Divizjia No. 6, Skopje, 1000, Macedonia

    Mihail V. Kochubovski

  3. Institute of Electronics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tzarigradsko Shossee Bul 72, Sofia, 1784, Bulgaria

    Biana G. Simeonova

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Chirila, E., Draghici, C. (2011). Analytical Approaches for Sampling and Sample Preparation for Heavy Metals Analysis in Biological Materials. In: Simeonov, L., Kochubovski, M., Simeonova, B. (eds) Environmental Heavy Metal Pollution and Effects on Child Mental Development. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0253-0_8

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