Study of the distribution of dichlorobenzenes in sediment and water of Suquía River basin (Córdoba-Argentina) by an optimised SPME-GC-MS procedure

International Journal of Environment and Health

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 363-378

  Monferrán, Magdalena V ^b   Cortina, Pablo R ^a   Santiago, Ana N ^a   Wunderlin, Daniel A ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FISICOQUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Dichlorobenzene; River monitoring; SPME; Suqu a river; Water quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951534322     PISSN: 17434955     EISSN: 17434963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJENVH.2009.030108     Document Type: Article

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