Contamination of outdoor settled dust by butyltins in Malta

Applied Organometallic Chemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 239-245

  Decelis, Rachel ^a   Vella, Alfred J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

Author keywords

DBT; Dust; MBT; Organotin; TBT; Tributyltin; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DERIVATIVES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

BUTYLTINS; DERIVATIZATION; FLAME PHOTOMETRIC DETECTION; GLACIAL ACETIC ACID; URBAN ENVIRONMENT;

DUST;

EID: 33947509550     PISSN: 02682605     EISSN: 10990739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aoc.1207     Document Type: Article

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