Behavior of aliphatic alcohol polyethoxylates and their metabolites under standardized aerobic biodegradation conditions

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 549-554

  Marcomini, Antonio ^a   Zanette, Mauro ^a   Pojana, Giulio ^a   Suter, Marc J F ^b  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

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

Author keywords

Aerobic biodegradation; Aerobic metabolites; Aliphatic alcohol polyethoxylates

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; MACROGOL; POLYETHYLENE DERIVATIVE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DERIVATIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

EID: 0033995637     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.5620190305     Document Type: Article

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