1. Preface

   • Philippe Quevauviller
   • Anastassios Voulgaropoulos

   EditorialNotes Pages: 181 - 182

2. Sample digestion procedures for trace element determination

   • Ivo Novozamsky
   • Hans J. van der Lee
   • Victor J. G. Houba

   Original Papers Pages: 183 - 189

3. Critical comparison of wet and dry digestion procedures for trace metal analysis of meat and fish tissues

   • G. A. Zachariadis
   • J. A. Stratis
   • G. Kalligas

   Original Papers Pages: 191 - 198

4. Comparison of open and closed focussed microwave digestions in view of total mercury determination by cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry

   • Gilberte Schnitzer
   • Anne Soubelet
   • Claude Chafey

   Original Papers Pages: 199 - 209

5. Dry ashing, sources of error, and performance evaluation in AAS

   • Lars Jorhem

   Original Papers Pages: 211 - 218

6. Digests or extracts?—Some interesting but conflicting results for three widely differing polluted sediment samples

   • Iain L. Marr
   • Petra Kluge
   • Cyrille Lescop

   Original Papers Pages: 219 - 232

7. Comparison of three digestion methods for the determination of the aqua regia soluble content of lead, cadmium and chromium in sewage sludges by ETAAS

   • Nikolaos S. Thomaidis
   • Efrosini A. Piperaki
   • Panayotis A. Siskos

   Original Papers Pages: 233 - 241

8. A weak acid extraction method as a tool for the metal pollution assessment in surface sediments

   • Fanny Voutsinou-Taliadouri

   Original Papers Pages: 243 - 249

9. Extractable chromium determination in soils by AAS

   • A. Sahuquillo
   • J. F. López-Sánchez
   • G. Rauret

   Original Papers Pages: 251 - 258

10. Evaluation of end-capped tubes for transverse heated graphite atomizer electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

    • Michel Hoenig
    • Olivier Dheere

    Original Papers Pages: 259 - 264

11. Separation and determination of gold from iron rich matrices by an off/on-line preconcentration system coupled to ICP-AES

    • Maria Ochsenkühn-Petropulu
    • Peter Schramel

    Original Papers Pages: 265 - 276

12. Spectral and non-spectral interferences in inductively coupled plasma mass-spectrometry

    • Richard F. J. Dams
    • Jan Goossens
    • Luc Moens

    Original Papers Pages: 277 - 286

13. The use of inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry in the production of environmental certified reference materials

    • J. W. McLaren
    • B. A. J. Methven
    • S. S. Berman

    Original Papers Pages: 287 - 295

14. Indirect determination of soluble trace elements in certified reference materials by neutron activation analysis

    • Kaj Heydorn
    • Else Damsgaard

    Original Papers Pages: 297 - 304

15. Critical comparison of methods for mercury determination in fish

    • Angelo Bortoli
    • Michele Gerotto
    • Albert Rehnert

    Original Papers Pages: 305 - 310

16. Test of the generalized standard addition method and linearization algorithms for the direct, simultaneous, multi-element analysis of solid samples by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

    • Michael Berglund
    • Douglas C. Baxter

    Original Papers Pages: 311 - 322

17. Future trends in analytical quality assurance — the estimation of uncertainty

    • Leopoldo Cortez

    Original Papers Pages: 323 - 328

18. Trends in trace element determinations in environmental and food matrices: Conclusions of the workshop

    • Philippe Quevauviller

    Original Papers Pages: 329 - 338

19. Conference calendar

    Events Pages: 339 - 341