Analysis of perfluoroalkyl substances in waters from Germany and Spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 431, Issue , 2012, Pages 139-150

  Llorca, Marta ^a   Farré, Marinella ^a   Picó, Yolanda ^b   Müller, Jutta ^c   Knepper, Thomas P ^c   Barceló, Damià ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c FRESENIUS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

^d CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Drinking water; LC ESI MS MS; Online extraction; Perfluoroalkyl substances; Water

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BOTTLED WATER; COST EFFECTIVE; GERMANY; HUMAN EXPOSURES; LC-MS/MS; LC/ESI-MS/MS; LIMITS OF DETECTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY COUPLED TO TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; OFFLINE; ONLINE EXTRACTION; PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; QUALITY PARAMETERS; RIVER WATER; SAMPLE ENRICHMENT; SHORT CHAIN COMPOUND; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; SULPHONATES; TAP WATER; TAP-WATER SAMPLES; TREATED EFFLUENT; TREATED WASTEWATER; ULTRA-PURE WATER; WATER CYCLE; WATER SAMPLES;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POTABLE WATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER;

EFFLUENTS;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE; PERFLUOROBUTANESULFONATE; PERFLUOROBUTANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODECANESULFONATE; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODECYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; PERFLUORODODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEPTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXADECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXASULFONATE; PERFLUOROHEXYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTADECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTYLPHOSPHONIC ACID; PERFLUOROPHOSPHONIC ACID; PERFLUOROTETRADECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROTRIDECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; SULPHONATE PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRINKING WATER; EXTRACTION METHOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANOFLUORINE; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROSPRAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GERMANY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CYCLE; WATER MANAGEMENT;

CAPRYLATES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DRINKING WATER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; GERMANY; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; SPAIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GERMANY; SPAIN;

EID: 84861908567     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.05.011     Document Type: Article

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