A new procedure combining GC-MS with accelerated solvent extraction for the analysis of phthalic acid esters in contaminated soils

Frontiers of Environmental Science and Engineering in China

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 31-42

  Ma, Tingting ^a,b   Teng, Ying ^a,b   Christie, Peter ^c   Luo, Yongming ^a,b   Chen, Yongshan ^d   Ye, Mao ^a,b   Huang, Yujuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c AGRI FOOD AND BIOSCIENCES INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^d TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

accelerated solvent extraction; certified reference materials; phthalic acid esters; quality assurance and quality control; soil type

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873254857     PISSN: 16737415     EISSN: 16737520     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11783-012-0463-2     Document Type: Article

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