Extraction and analysis of low concentrations of DDT, DDE and DDD in small volumes of sediment pore water

Chemosphere

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1341-1354

  Cotter, Anne M ^a   Kosian, Patricia A ^a   Hoke, Robert A ^b   Ankley, Gerald T ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical analysis; DDT; Methods; Pore water; Sediment

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEDIMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030271815     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-6535(96)00271-8     Document Type: Article

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