Improving the fluorescence detectability of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons for evaluation of workplace environments of cement industries processing organic residues

Analytical Letters

Volumn 41, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 2646-2657

  Silva, Renata P ^a   Masini, Jorge C ^a   Ribeiro, Marcela G ^b   Pedreira, Walter P ^b   Cardoso, Luiza M N ^b   Marchi, Mary R R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Fundacao Jorge Duprat Figueiredo de Seguranca e Medicina do Trabalho (FUNDACENTRO)   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

HPLC fluorescence; PAH; Residues burning

Indexed keywords

EID: 55749099670     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032710802363487     Document Type: Article

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