Enantiomeric enrichment of chiral pesticides in the environment

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 173, Issue , 2002, Pages 85-116

  Hegeman, Wim J M ^a   Laane, Remi W P M ^b,c  

^a Water Research Foundation   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

2 (4 CHLORO 2 METHYLPHENOXY)ACETIC ACID; CHLORDANE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; LINDANE; MECOPROP; OXYCHLORDANE; PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; ISOMERISM; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; TOXICOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANT;

2-METHYL-4-CHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ANIMALS; CHLORDAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; LINDANE; PESTICIDES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TOXICOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0036357799     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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