Multivariate cluster analysis as a versatile tool for the quality assessment of short chain chloroparaffin quantification in environmental samples

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 319-324

  Hüttig, Jana ^a   Oehme, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORINE; CYCLOHEXANE; PARAFFIN; PETROLEUM; SHORT CHAIN CHLOROPARAFFIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARD;

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARAFFIN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 17444410792     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b416620e     Document Type: Article

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