Contamination of perfluorinated compounds (PFCs) in Chao Phraya River and Bangpakong River, Thailand

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 975-982

  Kunacheva, Chinagarn ^a   Boontanon, Suwanna Kitpati ^b   Fujii, Shigeo ^c   Tanaka, Shuhei ^a   Musirat, Chanatip ^b   Artsalee, Chattakarn ^b   Wongwattana, Thana ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Industry; Perfluorinated compounds (PFCs); PFOA; PFOS; River; Thailand

Indexed keywords

ASIAN COUNTRIES; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; HPLC-ESI-MS/MS; INDUSTRIAL ESTATE; LIMIT OF QUANTIFICATIONS; LOADING RATE; MALAYSIA; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS (PFCS); PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PFOS; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; THAILAND;

EXTRACTION; INDUSTRY; LOADING; RIVERS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACID;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; RIVER POLLUTION; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; JAPAN; MALAYSIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RIVER; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; THAILAND; WATER CONTAMINATION; CHEMISTRY; GEOGRAPHY; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BANGPAKONG RIVER; CENTRAL REGION [THAILAND]; CHACHOENGSAO; CHAO PHRAYA RIVER; CHINA; HONSHU; JAPAN; KINKI; MALAYSIA; THAILAND; YODO RIVER;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DATA COLLECTION; FLUOROCARBONS; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCTANOIC ACIDS; RIVERS; THAILAND; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 70349919690     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2009.462     Document Type: Article

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