Sampling and analysis techniques for monitoring serum for trace elements.
Open Access
- 1 July 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Clinical Chemistry
- Vol. 32 (7) , 1350-1356
- https://doi.org/10.1093/clinchem/32.7.1350
Abstract
We describe techniques for controlling contamination in the sampling and analysis of human serum for trace metals. The relatively simple procedures do not require clean-room conditions. The atomic absorption and atomic emission methods used have been applied in studying zinc, copper, chromium, manganese, molybdenum, selenium, and aluminum concentrations. Values obtained for a group of 16 normal subjects agree with the most reliable values reported in the literature, obtained by much more elaborate techniques. All of these metals can be measured in 3 to 4 mL of serum. The methods may prove especially useful in monitoring concentrations of essential trace elements in blood of patients being maintained on total parenteral nutrition.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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