Use of capillary gas chromatography for measuring fecal-derived sterols application to stormwater, the sea-surface microlayer, beach greases, regional studies, and distinguishing algal blooms and human and non-human sources of sewage pollution

Journal of Chromatography A

Volumn 733, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 497-509

  Nichols, Peter D ^a   Leeming, Rhys ^a   Rayner, Mark S ^a   Latham, Val ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Beaches; Coprostanol; Environmental analysis; Sediments; Sewage pollution; Sterols; Water analysis

Indexed keywords

COPROSTEROL; STEROL;

ARTICLE; FECES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; SOIL POLLUTION; TECHNIQUE; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0029885471     PISSN: 00219673     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0021-9673(95)00807-1     Document Type: Article

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