Liquid chromatography methodologies for the determination of steroid hormones in aquatic environmental systems

Trends in Environmental Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 3, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-27

  Guedes Alonso, Rayco ^a   Montesdeoca Esponda, Sarah ^a   Sosa Ferrera, Zoraida ^a   Santana Rodríguez, José Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquatic environment; Extraction methods; Liquid chromatography; Steroid hormones

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919457608     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22141588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.teac.2014.10.001     Document Type: Review

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