. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jun 1.

Published in final edited form as: J Anal Toxicol. 2015 Feb 27;39(5):347–352. doi: 10.1093/jat/bkv016

Table 2.

Method LODs and LRLs

Analyte	Previously Reported LOD¹⁰ (μg/g tobacco)	Present Method LOD (μg/g tobacco)	Present Method LRL (μg/g tobacco)
As	0.082	0.024	0.050^*
Be	0.0028	0.0030	0.0050^*
Cd	0.23	0.016	0.50^*
Co	0.05	0.018	0.100^*
Cr	0.16	0.088	0.20^*
Mn	13	2.85	20.0^*
Ni	0.14	0.217	0.50^*
Pb	0.16	0.012	0.20^*
Se	0.69	0.019	0.050^*
U	ND	0.0022	0.010^*

The LRLs for these analytes are significantly higher than the LODs, because the lowest standard concentrations were higher and were used as the LRLs.

ND = Not Determined