title: Specimen banking at National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan.
abstract: The National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) in Japan has had more than fifteen years practical experience in specimen banking. Stored specimens are used for the assessment of long-term trends of pollutants. The use of new analytical techniques facilitates the finding of the pollutants of the past.
authors.affiliation: National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morita
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yoshinaga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Mukai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ambe
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shibata
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes; D000818:Animals; D018070:Biological Specimen Banks; D004784:Environmental Monitoring / Q000379:methods*; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000032:analysis*; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D012106:Research; D013048:Specimen Handling / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants