Occupational exposure to complex mixtures of volatile organic compounds in ambient air: Desorption from activated charcoal using accelerated solvent extraction can replace carbon disulfide?

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 405, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 961-976

  Fabrizi, Giovanni ^a   Fioretti, Marzia ^a   Mainero Rocca, Lucia ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL MEDICINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Air sample; ASE; GC MS; Method validation; Occupational exposure; VOCs

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; CARBON DISULFIDE; DESORPTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLVENTS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

ACCELERATED SOLVENT EXTRACTION; AIR SAMPLES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GC-MS; METHOD VALIDATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RELATIVE STANDARD DEVIATIONS; UNCERTAINTY OF MEASUREMENT;

SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

EID: 84873705179     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-012-6379-7     Document Type: Article

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