ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Validation and Quality Assurance of Arsenic Determination in Urine by GFAAS after Toluene Extraction
1. D. Borošová, 2. J. Mocak, 2. E. Beinrohr, P.Miškovic
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1. State Institute of Public Health, Cesta k nemocnici 1, SK-97556 Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic
2. Department of Analytical Chemistry, Slovak University of Technology, Radlinskeho 9, SK-81237
Bratislava, Slovak Republic
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2002;11(6):617-623
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ABSTRACT
This paper concerns quality assurance of arsenic determination in urine using the graphite furnace AAS
method after toluene extraction. Obtained analytical results are used for validation and quality assurance
purposes. The investigated urine samples were acquired from the workers of a large coal-fired Slovak
power plant. In the proposed analytical method the following metrological characteristics were calculated:
trueness, precision, recovery, the limit of detection and the limit of quantification. The method was
satisfactorily used in the intercomparison test. The proposed method is suggested for utilisation in the
assessment of occupational or environmental exposure to inorganic arsenic.