Multi-residue analysis of legacy POPs and emerging organic contaminants in Singapore's coastal waters using gas chromatography-triple quadrupole tandem mass spectrometry

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 523, Issue , 2015, Pages 219-232

  Zhang, Hui ^a   Bayen, Stéphane ^a   Kelly, Barry C ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

GC MS MS; Hydrophobic organic contaminants; Multi residue analysis; Seawater; Suspended sediments

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONTAMINATION; EXTRACTION; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBIC CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOMERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MONITORING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHASE SEPARATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWATER; SPECTROMETRY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS; TRACE ANALYSIS; ULTRASONIC APPLICATIONS;

GC-MS/MS; HYDROPHOBIC ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; MULTI-RESIDUE ANALYSIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL CONGENER; TRIPLE QUADRUPOLE TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRIPLE-QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRASOUND-ASSISTED EXTRACTION;

MARINE POLLUTION;

BROMOBENZENE; CHLOROBENZENE; FLAME RETARDANT; MAGNESIUM TRISILICATE; METHYLTRICLOSAN; MUSK; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; SEA WATER; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; WATER POLLUTANT;

COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SINGAPORE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRIPLE QUADRUPOLE TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRASOUND ASSISTED EXTRACTION; VOLATILIZATION; WATER ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; WATER POLLUTANT;

SINGAPORE [SOUTHEAST ASIA];

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; SINGAPORE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84926648172     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.012     Document Type: Article

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