Determination of volatile organic compounds pollution sources in Malaysian drinking water using multivariate analysis

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 124, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 39-50

  Soh, Shiau Chian ^a   Abdullah, Pauzi ^b  

^a INTI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Parafac; PCA; Volatile organic compounds

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EXTRACTION; POTABLE WATER; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER PIPELINES; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PARALLEL FACTOR ANALYSIS; SOLID PHASE MICRO-EXTRACTION TECHNIQUE;

WATER POLLUTION;

1,2 DIBROMOETHANE; 1,2 DICHLOROBENZENE; 1,2 DICHLOROETHYLENE; 1,4 DICHLOROBENZENE; BENZENE; CHLOROBENZENE; CHLOROFORM; DIMETICONE; DRINKING WATER; ETHYLBENZENE; TOLUENE; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; TRIHALOMETHANE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

CORRELATION; DRINKING WATER; EXTRACTION METHOD; FACTOR ANALYSIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; WASTE FACILITY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALAYSIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PIPELINE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RESERVOIR; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; VARIMAX ROTATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CHLOROFORM; DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS; MALAYSIA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NITRITES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICONES; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TRIHALOMETHANES; VOLATILIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAYSIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WEST MALAYSIA;

EID: 33847752603     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-9207-8     Document Type: Article

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