QuEChERS sample preparation for the determination of pesticides and other organic residues in environmental matrices: A critical review

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 406, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 4089-4116

  Bruzzoniti, Maria Concetta ^a   Checchini, Leonardo ^a   De Carlo, Rosa Maria ^a   Orlandini, Serena ^a   Rivoira, Luca ^a   Del Bubba, Massimo ^a  

^a Department of Chemistry ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental pollutants; QuEChERS; Sediment; Soil; Water

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; PESTICIDES; RECOVERY; SEARCH ENGINES; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ACCELERATED SOLVENT EXTRACTION; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOILS; QUECHERS; QUICK , EASY , CHEAP , EFFECTIVE , RUGGED , AND SAFE; ULTRASONIC SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRACTIONATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES;

EID: 84903792300     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-014-7798-4     Document Type: Review

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