Fate of fluorotelomer acids in a soil-water microcosm

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1689-1695

  Myers, Anne L ^a   Mabury, Scott A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental fate; Fluorotelomer acids; Microcosms

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; FLUOROTELOMER ACIDS; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS; FLUOROTELOMER CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; LC/MS/MS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; LOW LEVEL; MICROCOSM SYSTEM; MICROCOSMS; PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; SOIL WATER; UNSATURATED ACIDS; WATER SAMPLES;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC ACIDS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SORPTION;

DEGRADATION;

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLOUROTELOMER CARBOXYLIC ACID; FLUOROTELOMER UNSATURATED ACID; ORGANOFLUORINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCOSM; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MICROCOSM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDIMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER ANALYSIS;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77955682545     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.211     Document Type: Article

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