The application of trace element analysis by X-ray fluorescence to human blood serum.

The need for a simple, yet fast and accurate method for trace element analysis of human tissues is remarded on. Such a method is the use of x-ray fluorescence in conjunction with one of the new generation of solid-state x-ray detectors. The method is described, together with an example of its application-apilot study of forty-two blood serum samples supplied by the Manitoba Cancer Research Institute.