title: Current developments in the analysis of water pollution by polychlorinated biphenyls.
abstract: A review and discussion of the analytical developments of the last 10 years in the determination of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in water are presented, including sample treatment, clean-up, identification and determination. Some of the most significant advances have occurred in the area of sample preparation, such as the increased adoption of solid-phase extraction and on-line techniques and the chromatographic separation of PCB congeners, principally by mass spectrometry. Special attention is focused on applications to real samples.
authors.affiliation: Laboratori de Bromatologia i Toxicologia, Facultat de Farmàcia, Universitat de Valéncia, Spain.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Font
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mañes
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Moltó
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Picó
mesh_terms: D002849:Chromatography, Gas / Q000379:methods; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012995:Solubility; D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical / Q000032:analysis*; D014876:Water Pollution
chemical_list: D014874:Water Pollutants, Chemical; D011078:Polychlorinated Biphenyls