A comparison of alcohol ethoxylate environmental monitoring data using different analytical procedures

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1268-1274

  McAvoy, Drew C ^a   Eckhoff, William S ^a   Begley, William M ^a   Pessler, Daniel G ^a  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alcohol ethoxylates; Analytical methods; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALCOHOL ETHOXYLATES; ANALYTICAL METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL MATRICES; HOMOLOGS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ALCOHOL; ALCOHOL ETHOXYLATE DERIVATIVE; ALKYL GROUP; HYDROBROMIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; PYRIDINIUM DERIVATIVE; SURFACTANT;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SURFACTANT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALCOHOLS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HYDROBROMIC ACID; PYRIDINIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TEMPERATURE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 33749067845     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-206R.1     Document Type: Article

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