A downhole passive sampling system to avoid bias and error from groundwater sample handling

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4917-4923

  Britt, Sanford L ^a   Parker, Beth L ^b   Cherry, John A ^b  

^a ProHydro Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOWNHOLES; FIELD STUDIES; FLOWTHROUGH; IN-SITU; NATURAL FLOW; PASSIVE SAMPLING; REPRODUCIBILITIES; SAMPLE HANDLING; SAMPLING DEVICES; SAMPLING METHOD; VOC RECOVERY; WATER DISPOSAL;

ARSENIC; BOTTLES; GROUNDWATER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

SAMPLING;

ARSENIC; GROUND WATER; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARSENIC; ERROR ANALYSIS; INSTALLATION; SAMPLER; SAMPLING BIAS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ERROR; METHODOLOGY; SELF EVALUATION; WATER SAMPLING;

ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRESH WATER; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 77954250562     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100828u     Document Type: Article

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