Determination of alcohol sulfates and alcohol ethoxysulfates in wastewater samples by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 106, Issue , 2013, Pages 180-185

  Fernandez Ramos C ^a   Ballesteros, O ^a   Zafra Gomez A ^a   Blanc, R ^a   Navalon A ^a   Vilchez J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alcohol ethoxysulfates; Alcohol sulfates; LC MS MS; SPE; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868302824     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2012.06.007     Document Type: Article

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