A summary of literature data for oscillator strengths of some neutral atomic resonance lines of 65 elements is given, with special emphasis on values obtained from radiative lifetime and branching ratio measurements. Lifetimes, transition probabilities and oscillator strengths from the literature are compared critically, with the aim of presenting a consistent and accurate set of values for elements determined by electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry. For several resonance lines of interest for atomic absorption analysis, f-value data newly derived from relative line intensities and previously measured lifetimes are presented. Some implications for absolute atomic absorption analysis are discussed.