Application of preparative capillary gas chromatography (pcGC), automated structure generation and mutagenicity prediction to improve effect-directed analysis of genotoxicants in a contaminated groundwater

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 885-897

  Meinert, Cornelia ^a   Schymanski, Emma ^a   Küster, Eberhard ^a   Kühne, Ralph ^a   Schüürmann, Gerrit ^a   Brack, Werner ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH UFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

EDA; Identification of unknowns; MODELKEY; QSAR; UmuC

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGEN; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; DATABASE; DRINKING WATER; ECOSYSTEM FUNCTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENOTOXICITY; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTAGENICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BITTERFELD; GERMANY; SAXONY-ANHALT;

MUTAGENIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MUTAGEN TESTING; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MUTAGENICITY TESTS; MUTAGENS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77951640120     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0286-2     Document Type: Article

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