Nuclear Analytical Methods in the Life Sciences [electronic resource] /

A Short History of Nuclear Activation Analysis -- Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Biological Samples -- Neutron Activation Analysis of Biological Samples with a Preirradiation Chemical Separation -- Nondestructive Determination of Arsenic in Urine by Epithermal Neutron Activation Analysis and Compton Suppression -- CADEIA and REJECT: Codes to Complete Relevant ?-? and ?-? True-Coincidence Lines in Absolute Counting of Gamma Rays with a LEPD -- Determination of Trace Elements in Standard Reference Materials by the ko-Standardization Method -- A New Microcomputer-Controlled Neutron Activation Analysis System: Description and Applications for the Analysis of Bioenvironmental Specimens -- The Use of Compton Suppression Spectrometers for Trace Element Studies in Biological Materials -- Tomography and Elemental Analysis of Biological Systems -- Application of Polyaciylamide Gel Electrophoresis/Neutron Activation Analysis for Protein Quantiication -- Location and Quantification of Metal Ions in Enzymes Combining Polyaciylamide Gel Electrophoresis and Particle-Induced X-Ray Emission -- Analysis of Biological Samples Using Prompt Gamma Radiations Induced by 14.7-MeV Neutrons -- A New Technique for the Study of Erythrocyte Survival by Double Labeling and Use of a Well-Type Ge Detector -- Charged-Particle Activation Analysis of Biological Material -- An ?-Ray Microprobe Facility Using Synchrotron Radiation -- Radioisotope Induced X-Ray Emission (RI ?E) Studies in Life Sciences -- Nuclear Analytical Methods for Trace Element Studies in Calcified Tissues -- Fluorine Concentrations in Bone Biopsy Samples Determined by Proton-Induced Gamma-Ray Emission and Cyclic Neutron Activation -- Study of Physiopathological Phenomena in Dental Enamel by Neutron Activation Analysis -- Trace Element Content of Biological Materials: A Comparison of NAA and ICP-MS Analysis -- Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Geological and Biological Reference Materials Using the ko-Standardization Method -- Soluble Metals in the Atmosphere and Their Biological Implications: A Study to Identify Important Aerosol Components by Statistical Analysis of PIXE Data -- Major and Trace Elements in Spruce Needles by NAA -- Transfer of Toxic Elements from the Atmosphere to Cattle and Game Animals -- Determination of Trace Elements In Aerosol Samples by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis -- Production of 134s Thermo-Generated Aerosols: Study of Their Behavior After Deposition on Spruce Trees -- Whole Body Content and Turnover of Cs and K -- Studies of Cadmium Uptake in Bone and Its Environmental Distribution -- Elemental Concentrations in Hair of Inhabitants of a Cadmium-Polluted Area -- Determination of Manganese in Airborne Particulates in a Dry-Cell Battery Factory Using ?-Ray Fluorescence Technique -- Environmental Impact of the Gold Mining Industry in Ghana -- Trace Element Determination in Scalp Hair of People Working at a Copper Smelter -- Air Quality Status in Kinshasa as Determined by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, and Ion Exchange Chromatography -- Mapping Technique Based on Elemental Hair Composition Data -- Environmental Specimen Banking: A Complement to Environmental Monitoring -- Alaskan Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project -- A Comprehensive Study on the Contents and Leaching of Trace Elements from Fly-Ash Originating from Polish Hard Coal by NAA and AAS Methods -- An Environmental Research on Trace Elements in Freshwater Fish by Neutron Activation Analysis -- Identifying Source of Groundwater Pollution Using Trace Element Signatures -- An Application of INAA and PIXE on the Analysis of Nutritional and Toxicological Elements in Samples of Drinkable Water -- Plastics from Household Goods Waste as a Source of Heavy Metal Pollution: An Inventory Study Using INAA as the Analytical Technique -- Reference Man and Woman More Fully Characterized: Variations on the Basis of Body Size, Age, Sex, and Race -- In Vivo Neutron Activation Analysis of Organ Cadmium Burdens: Referent Levels in Liver and Kidney and the Impact of Smoking -- In Vivo Measurements of Cadmium and Lead in Occupationally- Exposed Workers and an Urban Population -- Recent Developments in In Vivo Neutron Activation Analysis Facilities -- A Proposed Three-Phase Counting System for the In Vivo Measurement of the Major Elements Using Pulsed 14 MeV Neutrons -- Measurements of Total Body Calcium by Prompt-Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis Using a 252Cf Source -- Combination of Neutron Activation Analysis, Tracer Techniques, and Biochemical Methods in the Investigation of Selenium Metabolism -- Speciation of Chromium in Plasma and Liver Tissue of Endstage Renal Failure Patients on Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis -- A Search for Longitudinal Variations in Trace Element Levels in Nails of Alzheimer ’s Disease Patients -- Whole Body Elimination Routes of Gold in Humans After a Single-Dose Application of the Antirheumatic Auranofin -- Trace Element Distribution in the Hair of Some Sickle Cell Anemia Patients and Controls -- Minor and Trace Elemental Contents of Cancerous Breast Tissue Measured by Instrumental and Radiochemical Neutron Activation Analysis -- Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Kidney Stones -- Studies on Zinc- and Cadmium-Bound Proteins in Bovine Kidneys by Biochemical and Neutron Activation Techniques -- Metabolic Deposition of Selenium and Cadmium into the Hair and Other Tissues of the Guinea Pig -- Carbon Determination in Human Teeth by Activation with He-3 Ions -- Vanadium Determination at the Ultratrace Level in Biological Reference Materials and Serum by Radiochemical Neutron Activation Analysis -- Factors Affecting the Levels Reported for Vanadium in Human Serum -- Determination of Trace Elements in Human Serum by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry: Comparison with Nuclear Analytical Techniques -- Aspects of Accuracy and Precision in the Determination of As and Sbin Biological Materials by Neutron Activation Analysis -- Homogeneity and Evaluation of the New NIST Leaf Certified Reference Materials -- Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of Standard Reference Material 1941, Organics in Marine Sediment: Element Content and Homogeneity -- Applicability of Microwave Add Digestion to Sample Preparation of Biological Materials for Analysis by Partide-Induced ?-Ray Emission (PD ?E) -- New Essential Trace Elements for the Life Sciences -- Neutron Capture Prompt- ? Activation Analysis of Foods -- Activation Analysis of Human Diet Samples with Epithermal Neutrons -- Determination of Selenium in Duplicate Diets of Residents of Pinhel, Portugal, by Neutron Activation -- Multielement Determination in Rice, Wheat, and Barley by Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis -- Nuclear and Atomic Analytical Techniques in Environmental Studies in South America -- Use of Nuclear Physics Methods in Life Sciences in the USSR -- Applications of Nuclear Analytical Methods in the Life Sciences as Exemplified by Recent Research Programs of the IAEA -- Determination of Mercury in Human Blood Serum and Packed Blood Cells by Neutron Activation Analysis -- Determination of Main and Trace Element Contents in Human Brain by NAA and ICP-AES Methods -- Levels of Some Trace Elements in Selected Autopsy Organs, and in Hair and Blood Samples from Adult Subjects of the Italian Population -- Trace Element Distribution in Human Eye -- Pigmentation and Temporal Effects on Trace Elements in Hair -- Preliminary Study of the Distribution of the Toxic Elements As, Cd, and Hg in Human Hair and Tissues by RNAA -- Study of Correlation of Se Content in Human Hair and Internal Organs by INAA -- Determination of Inorganic Components in Brazilian Medicinal Plants by Neutron Activation Analysis -- PIXE Determination of Essential Trace Elements in Some Traditional Chinese Medicines -- Inductively Coupled Atomic Emission Spectrometry and Neutron Activation Analysis for the Determination of Element Reference Values in Human Lung Tissue -- Author Index.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Zeisler, Rolf. editor., Guinn, Vincent P. editor., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 1990
Subjects:	Life sciences., Biochemistry., Life Sciences., Biochemistry, general.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-0473-2
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