Extraction, fractionation, and toxicity determination of organic contaminants in sediment from coastal area receiving industrial effluents in Kuwait

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 881-888

  Beg, M U ^a   Saeed, T ^a   Al Muzaini, S ^a   Beg, K R ^a   Al Obaid, T ^a   Kurian, A ^a  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETONITRILE; ACID; BASE; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PENTANE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; SILICA GEL; SODIUM HYDROXIDE;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; EXTRACTION; FRACTIONATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KUWAIT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION; SEASHORE; SEDIMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; INDUSTRY; KUWAIT; LETHAL DOSE 50; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SOLVENTS; TOXICITY TESTS; VIBRIO;

EID: 0035195104     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001280204     Document Type: Article

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