Elemental hair analysis: A review of procedures and applications

D Pozebon, GL Scheffler, VL Dressler - Analytica Chimica Acta, 2017 - Elsevier
Although exogenous contamination and unreliable reference values have limited the utility
of scalp hair as a biomarker of chemical elements exposure, its use in toxicological, clinical …

Stable isotope ratios as biomarkers of diet for health research

DM O'Brien - Annual review of nutrition, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Diet is a leading modifiable risk factor for chronic disease, but it remains difficult to measure
accurately due to the error and bias inherent in self-reported methods of diet assessment …

Review of the applications of laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) to the analysis of biological samples

D Pozebon, GL Scheffler, VL Dressler… - Journal of Analytical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Laser ablation inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) has received
significant attention over the last 10 years and has been widely used for the analysis of …

Hair analysis as a biomonitor for toxicology, disease and health status

IM Kempson, E Lombi - Chemical Society Reviews, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
Hair analysis receives a large amount of academic and commercial interest for wide-ranging
applications. However, in many instances, especially for elemental or 'mineral'analysis, the …

Sulfur isotope fractionation in pyrite during laser ablation: Implications for laser ablation multiple collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry mapping

ZY Zhu, SY Jiang, CL Ciobanu, T Yang, NJ Cook - Chemical Geology, 2017 - Elsevier
This study reports a detailed evaluation of how key parameters of operation influence the
measurement of sulfur isotopes using laser ablation multiple collector inductively coupled …

Optimisation of laser parameters for the analysis of sulphur isotopes in sulphide minerals by laser ablation ICP-MS

SE Gilbert, LV Danyushevsky, T Rodemann… - Journal of Analytical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The effects of laser type (Nd: YAG and excimer lasers) and their analytical parameters on
34S/32S isotopic fractionation during LA-ICP-MS analysis were investigated. Laser fluence …

Advances in natural stable isotope ratio analysis of human hair to determine nutritional and metabolic status

KJ Petzke, BT Fuller, CC Metges - Current Opinion in Clinical …, 2010 - journals.lww.com
Stable isotope ratio analysis at natural abundance in human hair protein offers a
noninvasive method to reveal information about long-term nutritional exposure to specific …

Strontium and lead isotope ratios in human hair: investigating a potential tool for determining recent human geographical movements

L Font, G Van Der Peijl, I Van Wetten… - Journal of Analytical …, 2012 - pubs.rsc.org
Three cleaning techniques that remove external contamination of human hair are assessed
to investigate the potential use of Sr and Pb isotope composition of hair for human …

Sulfur analysis by inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry: A review

JG Martínez-Sierra, OG San Blas, JMM Gayón… - … Acta Part B: Atomic …, 2015 - Elsevier
In recent years the number of applications of sulfur (S) analysis using inductively coupled
plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS) as detector has increased significantly. In this article …

Evaluation strategies and uncertainty calculation of isotope amount ratios measured by MC ICP-MS on the example of Sr

M Horsky, J Irrgeher, T Prohaska - Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry, 2016 - Springer
This paper critically reviews the state-of-the-art of isotope amount ratio measurements by
solution-based multi-collector inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (MC ICP-MS) …