Chiral chlordane components in environmental matrices

ACS Symposium Series

Volumn 1085, Issue , 2011, Pages 11-43

  Ulrich, Elin M ^a   Falconer, Renee L ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b CHATHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENANTIOMERS; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; PESTICIDES;

CHLORDANE COMPOUNDS; ENANTIOMER FRACTIONS; ENANTIOSELECTIVE DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MATRIXES; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE; OBSERVATION AND MEASUREMENT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

SOILS;

EID: 84905057184     PISSN: 00976156     EISSN: 19475918     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1021/bk-2011-1085.ch002     Document Type: Article

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