Calibration and use of the polar organic chemical integrative sampler-a critical review

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2724-2738

  Harman, Christopher ^a   Allan, Ian John ^a   Vermeirssen, Etiënne L M ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Ecotox Centre   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bioassay; Emerging contaminant; Monitoring; Passive sampling

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CALIBRATION METHOD; CRITICAL REVIEW; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY STANDARDS; MONITORING PROGRAMS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; OVERALL-MODEL; PASSIVE SAMPLING; POLAR ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PRIORITY POLLUTANTS; ROBUST METHODS; SAMPLING RATES; SCREENING TOOL; TARGET COMPOUND; TRACE CONCENTRATIONS; WATER FLOW RATE;

BIOASSAY; CALIBRATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MONITORING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS;

HORMONE; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BIOINDICATOR; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CALIBRATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY; HORMONE; LITERATURE REVIEW; MEASUREMENT METHOD; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PESTICIDE; PH; POLLUTION EFFECT; SALINITY;

BIOFOULING; CALIBRATION; FLOW RATE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SALINITY; SAMPLER; SAMPLING; SCREENING; TEMPERATURE; WATER FLOW;

CALIBRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84869873385     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2011     Document Type: Review

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