Analytical improvements of hybrid LC-MS/MS techniques for the efficient evaluation of emerging contaminants in river waters: A case study of the Henares River (Madrid, Spain)

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 467-481

  Pérez Parada, Andrés ^a,b   Gómez Ramos, María del Mar ^a   Bueno, María Jesús Martínez ^a,c   Uclés, Samanta ^a   Uclés, Ana ^a   Fernández Alba, Amadeo R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Emerging contaminants; High resolution; LC MS MS; Mass accuracy; Mass spectrometry; QLIT MS MS; QTOF MS MS; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; FRESH WATER;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DATA PROCESSING; HYBRID; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIVER; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMOXICILLIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RIVERS; SOFTWARE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

HENARES RIVER; MADRID [SPAIN]; SPAIN;

EID: 84856011243     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0585-2     Document Type: Article

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