Methods for monitoring of pesticide residues in water: Current status and recent trends

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 965-975

  Vasiljević, Tatjana ^a   Dujaković, Nikolina ^a   Radišić, Marina ^a   Grujić, Svetlana ^a   Laušević, Mila ^a   Dimkić, Milan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Jaroslav Cerni Institute for the Development of Water Resources   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Liquid chromatography mass spectrometry; Microextraction techniques; Pesticides; Solid phase extraction

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; ANALYTICAL METHOD; APPROPRIATE TECHNIQUES; CURRENT STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; EXTRACTION PROCEDURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROEXTRACTION TECHNIQUES; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; PRE-CONCENTRATION; RECENT TRENDS; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; WATER SAMPLES;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

PESTICIDES;

PESTICIDE; WATER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PESTICIDE; RESIDUAL FLOW; WATER POLLUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REVIEW; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TREND STUDY; WATER SAMPLING;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDES; TIME FACTORS; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84864402373     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.263     Document Type: Review

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