Relationship between volatile organohalogen compounds in drinking water and human urine in Poland

Chemosphere

Volumn 53, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 899-909

  Polkowska, Zaneta ^a   Kozłowska, Katarzyna ^a   Mazerska, Zofia ^a   Górecki, Tadeusz ^b   Namieśnik, Jacek ^a  

^a GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Thin layer headspace; Urine; Volatile organohalogen compounds

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; POTABLE WATER;

URINE SAMPLES;

VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

CHLOROFORM; DRINKING WATER; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; SORBENT; VOLATILE AGENT; WELL WATER; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; WATER;

DRINKING WATER;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; POLAND; URINE; WATER SUPPLY; HUMAN; WATER POLLUTION;

CHLOROFORM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; POLAND; WATER; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 0642371531     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(03)00586-1     Document Type: Article

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