Determination of trace leaching phthalate esters in water and urine from plastic containers by solid-phase microextraction and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry

Analytical Letters

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 676-686

  Lee, Maw Rong ^a   Lai, Feng Ying ^a   Dou, Jianpeng ^a,b   Lin, Keh Liang ^c   Chung, Li Wen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Direct immersion solid phase microextraction; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Medical devices; Microwavable polypropylene container; Phthalate esters; Polyvinyl chloride

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952658334     PISSN: 00032719     EISSN: 1532236X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00032711003783077     Document Type: Article

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