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Additional Sampling and Analysis Information
Lung Damaging Agent: MERCURY (ELEMENTAL)

References are provided for the convenience of the reader and do not imply endorsement by NIOSH.

  • AIR MATRIX
    Chatterjee S, Pillai A, Gupta VK [2002]. Spectrophotometric determination of mercury in environmental sample and fungicides based on its complex with o-carboxy phenyl diazoamino p-azobenzene. Talanta 57(3): 461-465. Abstract.

    NIOSH [1994]. Mercury: Method 6009. In: NIOSH Manual of Analytical Methods. 4th ed. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, DHHS (NIOSH) Publication No. 94-113.

    OSHA [1989]. Particulate mercury in workplace atmospheres, mercury: OSHA-SLTC Method ID-145. Salt Lake City, Utah: U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health.

    OSHA [1991]. Mercury vapor in workplace atmospheres: OSHA-SLTC Method ID-140. Salt Lake City, Utah: U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health.

    Singhvi R, Turpin R, Kalnicky DJ, Patel J [2001]. Comparison of field and laboratory methods for monitoring metallic mercury vapor in indoor air. J Hazard Materials 83(1-2):1-10.

    Temmerman E, Vandecasteele C, Vermeir G, Leyman R, Dams R [1990]. Sensitive determination of gaseous mercury in air by cold vapour atomic fluorescence spectrometry after amalgamation. Anal Chim Acta 236:371-376. Abstract.

    Yu JC, Zhang B, Lai Y-K [2000]. Direct determination of mercury in atmospheric particulate matter by graphite plate filtration–electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry with Zeeman background correction. Spectrochim Acta B Atom Spectrosc 55(4):395-402.


  • OTHER
    No references were identified for this sampling matrix for this agent.


  • SOIL MATRIX
    Barshick CM, Barshick S-A, Britt PF, Lake DA, Vance MA, Walsh EB [1998]. Development of a technique for the analysis of inorganic mercury salts in soils by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry. Int J Mass Spectrom 178(1-2):31-41. Abstract.

    Götzl A, Riepe W [2001]. Mercury determination –– SPME and colorimetric spot test. Talanta 54(5):821-827. Abstract.

    López-García I, Sánchez-Merlos M, Hernández-Córdoba M [1997]. Determination of mercury in soils and sediments by graphite furnace atomic absorption spectrometry with slurry sampling. Spectrochim Acta B Atom Spectrosc 52(14):2085-2092. Abstract.

    Moreda-Piñeiro J, López-Mahía P, Muniategui-Lorenzo S, Fernández-Fernández E, Prada-Rodríguez D [2002]. Direct mercury determination in aqueous slurries of environmental and biological samples by cold vapour generation–electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. Anal Chim Acta 460(1):111-122.

    Vedrina-Dragojević I, Dragojević D, Čadež S [1997]. Spectrofluorimetric method for the determination of the total mercury content in sediment and soil. Anal Chim Acta 355(2-3):151-156. Abstract.


  • SURFACES
    No references were identified for this sampling matrix for this agent.


  • WATER
    EPA [1994]. Determination of metals and trace elements in water and wastes by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry, Method 200.7. In: Methods for the determination of metals in environmental samples supplement 1. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (EPA/600/R-94/111), National Technical Information Service, PB95-125472.

    EPA [1994].Mercury by cold vapor AA Spectrometry - Manual, Method 245.1. In: Methods for the determination of metals in environmental samples supplement 1. Cincinnati, OH: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. (EPA/600/R-94/111), National Technical Information Service, PB95-125472.


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