Comparative tests on the efficiency of three methods of methylmercury extraction in environmental samples

Applied Organometallic Chemistry

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 487-493

  Brito, E M S ^a   Guimaraes J R D ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Extraction; Freshwater systems; Macrophytes; Methylmercury; Sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011998936     PISSN: 02682605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-0739(199907)13:7<487::AID-AOC862>3.0.CO;2-B     Document Type: Article

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