title: Determination of cadmium in whole blood and urine by Zeeman atomic absorption spectroscopy.
abstract: Direct determination of cadmium in whole blood and urine can be achieved using Zeeman effect flameless atomic absorption spectroscopy. Within-run precision studies for whole blood cadmium determinations gave relative standard deviations of 11.3% and 6.3% for 0.53 micrograms/l and 3.16 micrograms/l, respectively. Within-run precision studies for the urine analyses yielded relative standard deviations of 11.3% and 5.2% for 0.62 micrograms/l and 2.48 micrograms/l, respectively. The detection limit is 0.12 micrograms/l in the diluted specimens. Thus, this methodology may be used to quantitate normal and toxic cadmium levels in whole blood and urine.
mesh_terms: D002104:Cadmium / Q000097:blood* / Q000652:urine; D002105:Cadmium Poisoning / Q000097:blood / Q000652:urine; D006801:Humans; D008832:Microchemistry; D013054:Spectrophotometry, Atomic / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D002104:Cadmium