Perfluorinated acid isomer profiling in water and quantitative assessment of manufacturing source

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 9049-9054

  Benskin, Jonathan P ^a   Yeung, Leo W Y ^b   Yamashita, Nobuyoshi ^b   Taniyasu, Sachi ^b   Lam, Paul K S ^c   Martin, Jonathan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANUFACTURE;

CHINESE MANUFACTURERS; MANUFACTURING PROCESS; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; PERFLUORINATED ACIDS; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUND (PFCS); PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOATE; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS;

ISOMERS;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; SEA WATER; TELOMERASE; WATER;

ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INORGANIC ACID; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER POLLUTION; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; ASIA; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; RIVER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION;

ASIA; EUROPE; MISSISSIPPI RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78650266817     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es102582x     Document Type: Article

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