An alternative method for the determination of estrogens in surface water and wastewater treatment plant effluent using pre-column trimethylsilyl derivatization and gas chromatography/mass spectrometry

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 158, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 35-49

  Zhou, Yiqi ^a   Zhou, Jun ^b   Xu, Yiping ^a   Zha, Jinmiao ^a   Ma, Mei ^a   Wang, Zijian ^a,c  

^a RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

^b Beijing Drainage Group Company Limited   (China)

^c NONE   (China)

Author keywords

Derivativation; Determination; Estrogen; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Water

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; COMPLEX MATRICES; DERIVATIVATION; DERIVATIZATIONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LOW DETECTION LIMIT; PH VALUE; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; ROBUST SOLUTIONS; STEROID ESTROGENS; TRIMETHYLSILYL; ULTRA-PURE WATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER SAMPLES;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DERIVATIVES; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EFFLUENTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; STATISTICS; SURFACE WATERS; TRACE ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER RECYCLING; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

TRIMETHYLSILYL DERIVATIVE;

EFFLUENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; SALINITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELUTION; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PH; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SALINITY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SURFACE WATER HYDROLOGY; TEMPERATURE; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTROGENS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRIMETHYLSILYL COMPOUNDS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 67349158163     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-008-0563-4     Document Type: Article

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