Reconcilable differences: The use of reference material to reduce methodological artifacts in the reporting of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 19-26

  De Solla, Shane R ^a   Weseloh, D V Chip ^a   Letcher, Robert J ^a   Hebert, Craig E ^a  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artifact; Herring gull; Pesticide; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL SENSORS; ELECTROCHROMIC DEVICES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; REDUCTION;

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ANALYTICAL ARTIFACT; ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY; ARTIFACT; DETECTION LIMITS; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GREAT LAKES; LONG TERM MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRIC DETECTION; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PCB CONGENERS; REFERENCE MATERIAL; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARTIFACT; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKE POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT REDUCTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE DATABASE; REFERENCE VALUE; STANDARD; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ARTIFACT; BIRD; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; WATER POLLUTANT;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA];

COREGONUS ARTEDI; LARUS ARGENTATUS;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; BIRDS; EGGS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REFERENCE STANDARDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77952284701     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.3     Document Type: Article

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