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Neutron Activation Analysis: Application in Bioanalytical Sciences

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Development of methods for neutron activation analysis (NAA) and their applications in the bioanalytical sciences is reviewed. All over the world, radiochemical laboratories are involved in the investigation of trace elements and their chemical and biochemical roles in the biological, ecological, medical, and environmental research. NAA is classified as a reference method; the accuracy of NAA makes it valuable for comparison with other trace element analytical techniques. The use of neutron activation analysis in bioanalytical sciences has been demonstrated in this chapter, as well as the effectiveness of this technique for solving practical problems that sometimes cannot be solved by other analytical techniques.

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Chajduk, E., Polkowska-Motrenko, H. (2022). Neutron Activation Analysis: Application in Bioanalytical Sciences. In: Buszewski, B., Baranowska, I. (eds) Handbook of Bioanalytics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-95660-8_50

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