Preliminary evidence for in vitro methylation of tributyltin in a marine sediment

Applied Organometallic Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 901-906

  Vella, Alfred J ^a   Adami, Jean Pierre Tabone ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

Environment; Marine pollution; Methylation; Methylbutyltin; Tributyltin (TBT)

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000545576     PISSN: 02682605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aoc.244     Document Type: Article

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