Comment on "Speciation analysis of gadolinium chelates in hospital effluents and wastewater treatment plant sewage by a novel HILIC/ICP-MS method"

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 5547-5548

  Lawrence, Michael G ^a   Ort, Christoph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM CHELATE; GADOTERIC ACID;

EFFLUENT; HOSPITAL; LETTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING;

CHELATING AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; GADOLINIUM; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 67650466113     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901406g     Document Type: Letter

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