Quantitative determination of perfluorochemicals and fluorotelomer alcohols in plants from biosolid-amended fields using LC/MS/MS and GC/MS

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 7985-7990

  Yoo, Hoon ^a   Washington, John W ^a   Jenkins, Thomas M ^b   Ellington, J Jackson ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Senior Service America (SSA)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; ANALYTICAL METHOD; BACKGROUND FIELD; CONTAMINATED SOILS; DOMINANT SPECIES; ETHYL-ACETATE; FLUOROTELOMER ALCOHOLS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; LC/MS/MS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROCHEMICALS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROSULFONIC ACID; QUANTITATIVE DETERMINATIONS; SITE-SPECIFIC;

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOSOLIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DICHLOROMETHANE; GAS PLANTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL; SOILS;

SOIL POLLUTION;

ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; ALCOHOL DERIVATIVE; CARBON; DICHLOROMETHANE; METHANOL; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

ALCOHOL; BIOSOLID; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOACCUMULATION; GRASS; GROWTH RATE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; BIOSOLID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); GRASS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PLANT GROWTH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

AGRICULTURE; ALABAMA; ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; OLIGOCHAETA; PLANTS; POACEAE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 80053428213     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es102972m     Document Type: Article

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