This review covers publications from the second half of 2016 to the middle of 2017. Techniques and applications relevant to clinical and biological materials, foods and beverages are discussed in the text, presenting the key aspects of the work referenced, while the tables provide a summary of the publications considered. Further to the observations made in the 2017 Update, we have noted the increase in publications featuring nanomaterials. Topics relate to exposure and absorption of nanoparticles; potential toxicity, use as reagents in analytical methods and the analysis or characterisation of these materials. A growing number of techniques are being applied to bio-imaging. In particular, those involving XRF spectrometry are being applied to a large range of biological sample types. A gradual trend during recent years, that is now quite apparent, has been the increasing proportion of publications that involve foods and beverages compared with clinical samples. Not necessarily related, but another trend is the growing number of reports from laboratories in the Republic of China.

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原子光谱法更新：审查临床和生物材料，食品和饮料的分析进展

这篇综述涵盖了2016年下半年至2017年中期的出版物。本文讨论了与临床和生物材料，食品和饮料有关的技术和应用，介绍了所引用工作的关键方面，而表格则提供了摘要。所考虑的出版物。除了2017年更新中的观察之外，我们还注意到以纳米材料为特色的出版物有所增加。主题涉及纳米颗粒的暴露和吸收。潜在的毒性，在分析方法以及这些材料的分析或表征中用作试剂。越来越多的技术正在应用于生物成像。尤其是，涉及XRF光谱分析的方法已应用于多种生物样品类型。近年来的逐渐趋势，现在已经很明显了，与临床样品相比，涉及食品和饮料的出版物比例一直在上升。不一定相关，但另一个趋势是中华民国实验室的报告数量不断增加。