Methods to assess bioavailability of hydrophobic organic contaminants: Principles, operations, and limitations

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 172, Issue , 2013, Pages 223-234

  Cui, Xinyi ^a,c   Mayer, Philipp ^b   Gan, Jay ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioaccessibility; Bioavailability; Hydrophobic organic compounds; Passive sampling; SPME

Indexed keywords

BIOACCESSIBILITY; BIOAVAILABILITY; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC COMPOUND; PASSIVE SAMPLING; SPME;

BIOMIMETICS; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SORPTION;

BIOCHEMISTRY;

CARBENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CYCLODEXTRIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; POLYETHYLENE; POLYOXYMETHYLENE; RESIN; TENAX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOAVAILABILITY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTITIONING;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; DESORPTION; DEVICES; DISSOLUTION; ECOTOXICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; INJECTOR TYPE SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; HYDROPHOBIC AND HYDROPHILIC INTERACTIONS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 84867235277     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2012.09.013     Document Type: Review

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