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Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A Volume 29, 2012 - Issue 4: Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento do Brasil – Laboratórios Nacionais Agropecuários: Methods of analysis for residues and contaminants in the food chain
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Method validation for the determination of total mercury in fish muscle by cold vapour atomic absorption spectrometry

A.P. Nascimento Neto Laboratory of Residues and Contaminants, National Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (LANAGRO-PA), Brazil, Av. Almirante Barroso, 1234, 66095-000, BrazilCorrespondence[email protected]
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L.C.S. Magalhães Costa Laboratory of Residues and Contaminants, National Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (LANAGRO-PA), Brazil, Av. Almirante Barroso, 1234, 66095-000, Brazil
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A.N.S. Kikuchi Laboratory of Residues and Contaminants, National Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (LANAGRO-PA), Brazil, Av. Almirante Barroso, 1234, 66095-000, Brazil
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D.M.S. Furtado Laboratory of Residues and Contaminants, National Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (LANAGRO-PA), Brazil, Av. Almirante Barroso, 1234, 66095-000, Brazil
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M.Q. Araujo Laboratory of Residues and Contaminants, National Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (LANAGRO-PA), Brazil, Av. Almirante Barroso, 1234, 66095-000, Brazil
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M.C.C. Melo Laboratory of Residues and Contaminants, National Laboratory of Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (LANAGRO-PA), Brazil, Av. Almirante Barroso, 1234, 66095-000, Brazil
Pages 617-624 | Received 25 Nov 2010, Accepted 08 Nov 2011, Published online: 18 Jan 2012

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