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Water Analysis: Emerging Contaminants and Current Issues (2009 Review)
Citation:
RICHARDSON, S. D. Water Analysis: Emerging Contaminants and Current Issues (2009 Review). Analytical Chemistry. American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 81(12):4645-4677, (2009).
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Description:
This biennial review covers developments in Water Analysis for Emerging Environmental Contaminants over the period of 2007-2008. A few significant references that appeared between January and February 2009 are also included. Analytical Chemistry’s current policy is to limit reviews to a maximum of 250 significant references and to mainly focus on new trends. Even with a more narrow focus, only a small fraction of the quality research publications could be discussed. This was especially true this year with all the growth in the pharmaceutical area, where my entire allotment of 250 references could have been used in this one section alone. As a result, as with the previous review on Water Analysis in 2007, this review will not be comprehensive, but will highlight new areas and discuss representative papers in the areas of focus. This review on Water Analysis focuses only on water measurements and applications, but includes other methodologies besides mass spectrometry.
