Perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctane sulfonate released from a waste water treatment plant in Bavaria, Germany

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1502-1507

  Becker, Anna M ^a   Suchan, Magdalena ^a   Gerstmann, Silke ^a   Frank, Hartmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

HPLC ESI MS MS; Perfluoroalkyl surfactants; Perfluorooctane sulfonate; Perfluorooctanoic acid; River water; Waste water

Indexed keywords

ALKANESULFONIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; WATER POLLUTANT;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; SLUDGE; SURFACTANT; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; RIVER; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; GERMANY; OCTANOIC ACIDS; RIVERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; CAPRYLATES;

BAVARIA; BAYREUTH; GERMANY; ROTER MAIN RIVER;

EID: 77957120032     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-010-0335-x     Document Type: Article

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