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Application of Xrf to the Detection and Estimation of Metals in Toxicological Specimens

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 March 2019

D. F. Rendle  and
J. F. Taylor
D. F. Rendle
Affiliation:
The Metropolitan Police Forensic Science Laboratory 109 Lambeth Road, London SE1 7LP., UK
J. F. Taylor
Affiliation:
The Metropolitan Police Forensic Science Laboratory 109 Lambeth Road, London SE1 7LP., UK
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The Metropolitan Police Forensic Science Laboratory is faced from time to time with cases which require the detection and estimation of metals in biological matrices. These cases generally concern instances, allegations or threats of poisoning and require the analysis of either foodstuffs or body fluids, or both. The elements of particular interest are antimony, arsenic, bismuth, cadmium, lead, mercury, and thallium.

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Research Article
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Advances in X-Ray Analysis , Volume 39: Forty-Fourth Annual Conference on Applications of X-ray Analysis, July 31 - August 4, 1995 , 1995 , pp. 869 - 879
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Copyright © International Centre for Diffraction Data 1995

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