Mass balance for detergent-derived fluorescent whitening agents in surface waters of Switzerland

Water Research

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 2041-2050

  Stoll, Jean Marc A ^a   Giger, Walter ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Detergents; Fluorescent whitening agents; Mass balance; Molecular maker; Monitoring; Rivers

Indexed keywords

DETERGENTS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; MONITORING; RIVERS; SAMPLING;

FLUORESCENT WHITENING AGENT; MASS BALANCE; MOLECULAR MARKER;

AGENTS;

DETERGENT; SURFACE WATER;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SWITZERLAND; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 0032125964     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1354(97)00445-4     Document Type: Article

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