Determination of estrogenic compounds in wastewater using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry with electrospray and atmospheric pressure photoionization following desalting extraction

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 508-514

  Chen, Hsin Chang ^a   Kuo, Han Wen ^a   Ding, Wang Hsien ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Atmospheric pressure photoionization; Electrospray ionization; Estrogenic compounds; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; Solid phase extraction; Wastewater analysis

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PHOTOIONIZATION; ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; WASTEWATER ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; BODY FLUIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CLIMATOLOGY; DESALINATION; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IONIZATION; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METEOROLOGY; PHOTOIONIZATION; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EXTRACTION;

ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IONIZATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPRAY; WASTEWATER;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ESTROGENS; SEWAGE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 58049157834     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.09.089     Document Type: Article

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