Identification of oxidized TNT metabolites in soil samples of a former ammunition plant

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 7-10

  Bruns Nagel, Dirk ^a   Schmidt, Torsten C ^b   Drzyzga, Oliver ^a   Löw, Eberhard V ^a   Steinbach, Klaus ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Ammodinitrobenzoic acid, explosives; Retroaromatics, oxidized; Soil contamination; Trinitrobenzoic acid; Trinitrotoluene

Indexed keywords

METABOLITE; SOIL POLLUTION;

EID: 0033029909     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02987113     Document Type: Article

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