Comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography time of flight mass spectrometry (GC×GC-TOFMS) for environmental forensic investigations in developing countries

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1230-1239

  de Vos, Jayne ^a   Dixon, Roger ^b   Vermeulen, Gerhard ^b   Gorst Allman, Peter ^c   Cochran, Jack ^d   Rohwer, Egmont ^e   Focant, Jean Francois ^f  

^a NATIONAL METROLOGY INSTITUTE OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE   (South Africa)

^c LECO Africa Pty Ltd   (South Africa)

^d RESTEK CORPORATION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dioxin quantitation; Environmental pollutants; Forensic; PAHs; PCBs; PCDDs; PCDFs

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SCREENING; TOXIC MATERIALS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

DIOXIN QUANTITATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FORENSIC; PCDDS; PCDFS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

DEVELOPING WORLD; FORENSIC SCIENCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; TOXIC MATERIAL; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAZARDOUS WASTE; POLLUTANT; QUALITY CONTROL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXIC WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 79451473487     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.12.039     Document Type: Article

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