Detection of 36 antibiotics in coastal waters using high performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry

Chinese Journal of Oceanology and Limnology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1093-1102

  Na, Guangshui ^a   Gu, Jia ^a,b   Ge, Linke ^a   Zhang, Peng ^a   Wang, Zhen ^a   Liu, Chunyang ^a,b   Zhang, Lin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL MARINE ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING CENTER   (China)

^b DALIAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

antibiotics; coastal waters; high performance liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; solid phase extraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 82055200235     PISSN: 02544059     EISSN: 19935005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00343-011-0225-1     Document Type: Article

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