Trichloroethylene uptake into fruits and vegetables: Three-year field monitoring study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2505-2509

  Doucette, William J ^a   Chard, Julie K ^a   Fabrizius, Heidi ^a   Crouch, Coreen ^a   Petersen, Michael R ^a   Carlsen, Terry E ^a   Chard, Brandon K ^a   Gorder, Kyle ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Hill Air Force Base   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION (ECD); ION MONITORING; METHOD DETECTION LIMIT (MDL);

WATER POLLUTION;

GROUND WATER; TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

ELECTRONS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; FRUIT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FRUIT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; VEGETABLE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; FRUIT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; TREES; TRICHLOROETHYLENE; UTAH; VEGETABLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HILL AIR FORCE BASE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 34247143416     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0621804     Document Type: Article

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