A study of the degradation of organophosphorus pesticides in river waters and the identification of their degradation products by chromatography coupled with mass spectrometry

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 646-653

  Zhao, Xueheng ^a   Hwang, Huey Min ^a  

^a Jackson State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPHENOL; MALAOXON; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; PARAOXON; PARATHION; PHOSPHORIC ACID; RIVER WATER;

CHROMATOGRAPHY; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; IONIZATION; IRRADIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PESTICIDE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; POLLUTION EFFECT; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; TOXICITY; TRANSFORMATION;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; ELECTROSPRAY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALATHION; PARATHION; PESTICIDES; PHOTOLYSIS; RIVERS; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 64549142472     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-008-9220-8     Document Type: Article

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