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Title: Elemental and Chemically Specific X-ray Fluorescence Imaging of Biological Systems

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 [1];  [2];  [3];  [1];  [2]
  1. Molecular and Environmental Sciences Research Group, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada
  2. Molecular and Environmental Sciences Research Group, Department of Geological Sciences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E2, Canada, Toxicology Centre, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5B3, Canada, Department of Chemistry, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5C9, Canada
  3. Canadian Light Source Inc., 44 Innovation Boulevard, Saskatoon, SK S7N 2V3, Canada, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5, Canada
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USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
OSTI Identifier:
1179591
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Journal Name:
Chemical Reviews
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Journal Name: Chemical Reviews Journal Volume: 114 Journal Issue: 17; Journal ID: ISSN 0009-2665
Publisher:
American Chemical Society
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Pushie, M. Jake, Pickering, Ingrid J., Korbas, Malgorzata, Hackett, Mark J., and George, Graham N.. Elemental and Chemically Specific X-ray Fluorescence Imaging of Biological Systems. United States: N. p., 2014. Web. doi:10.1021/cr4007297.
Pushie, M. Jake, Pickering, Ingrid J., Korbas, Malgorzata, Hackett, Mark J., & George, Graham N.. Elemental and Chemically Specific X-ray Fluorescence Imaging of Biological Systems. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/cr4007297
Pushie, M. Jake, Pickering, Ingrid J., Korbas, Malgorzata, Hackett, Mark J., and George, Graham N.. Thu . "Elemental and Chemically Specific X-ray Fluorescence Imaging of Biological Systems". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/cr4007297.
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