Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) in vulcano island (aeolian archipelago) mud utilized for therapeutic purpose

Polycyclic Aromatic Compounds

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 281-294

  Culotta, Loredana ^a   Gianguzza, Antonio ^a   Mannino, Maria Rosaria ^a   Orecchio, Santino ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

GC MS; Mud; PAH; Vulcano Island

Indexed keywords

AROMATIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY;

'DRY' [; AEOLIAN ISLANDS; GASCHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX; MUD; SELECTED ION MONITORING; VOLCANICS; VULCANO ISLAND;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 34548363494     PISSN: 10406638     EISSN: 15635333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10406630701476023     Document Type: Article

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