A review on the analysis of emerging contaminants in aquatic environment

Critical Reviews in Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 234-245

  Wu, Jingming ^a   Zhang, Lifeng ^a   Yang, Zhaoguang ^a  

^a PUB   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Emerging contaminants; Gas chromatography; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Water samples

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; AQUATIC SYSTEM; CURRENT STATUS; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; FUTURE PROSPECTS; SAMPLE PREPARATION TECHNIQUES; SENSITIVE TECHNIQUES; WATER SAMPLES;

CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTANT;

EID: 78149404799     PISSN: 10408347     EISSN: 15476510     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408347.2010.515467     Document Type: Review

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