title: Charting the trends in nuclear techniques for analysis of inorganic environmental pollutants.
abstract: Publications in analytical abstracts in the period 1975-1984 and papers presented at the Modern Trends in Activation Analysis international conferences series in the period 1961-1986 have been used as an empirical basis for assessing general trends in research and publication activity. Some ebbs and flows in the specialty of instrumental techniques for analysis of environmental trace pollutants are revealed by a statistical analysis of the publications.
mesh_terms: D000201:Activation Analysis; D002623:Chemistry Techniques, Analytical / Q000639:trends*; D002845:Chromatography / Q000639:trends; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D010506:Periodicals as Topic; D011643:Publishing; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000639:trends*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants