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International Journal of Analytical Chemistry
Volume 2017, Article ID 3624015, 28 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/3624015
Review Article

Recent Studies on the Speciation and Determination of Mercury in Different Environmental Matrices Using Various Analytical Techniques

Lakshmi Narayana Suvarapu and Sung-Ok Baek

Department of Environmental Engineering, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan-Si 38541, Republic of Korea

Correspondence should be addressed to Lakshmi Narayana Suvarapu; moc.liamg@uparavus

Received 26 June 2017; Accepted 26 October 2017; Published 20 November 2017

Academic Editor: Günther K. Bonn

Copyright © 2017 Lakshmi Narayana Suvarapu and Sung-Ok Baek. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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