Advanced Techniques in Gas Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry (GC–MS–MS and GC–TOF–MS) for Environmental Chemistry

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Part I: Advances in GC-MS and GC-MS-MS. Environmental Applications. Ch. 1. Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry Techniques for Multiresidue Pesticide Analysis in Agricultural Commodities, Jon W. Wong, Douglas G. Hayward and Kai Zhang Ch. 2. Microextraction Techniques coupled to Advanced GC-MS Techniques for Analysis of Environmental Samples, Dimitra Lambropoulou Ch. 3. Determination of Pesticide Residues in Environmental and Food Samples Using Gas Chromatography-Triple Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry, Kai Zhang et al. Ch. 4. Environmental Odour Pollution: a complex GC-MS, Olfactometry and Diffusion Modeling Approach to define Air Quality, Giancarlo Bianchi, Marinella Palmiotto and Enrico Davoli Ch. 5. Injection Port Derivatization for GC/MS-MS Analysis of Hormones in Water, E. Michael Thurman, Jeff H. Writer and Imma Ferrer Ch. 6. High-Throughput Analysis of PPCPs, PCDD/Fs and PCBs in Biological Matrices using GC-MS-MS, Sascha Usenko, Bikram Subedi, Lissette Aguilar and Eleanor Robinson Ch. 7: GC-MS Applied to the Monitoring of Pesticides in Milk and Blackberries, and PAHs in Processed Meats of Colombia, Gustavo Antonio Penuela Mesa et al. Ch. 8. Applications and Strategies Based on Gas Chromatography-Low Resolution Mass Spectrometry (GC-LRMS) for the Determination of Residues and Organic Contaminants in Environmental Samples, Juan A. Padilla-Sanchez, Patricia Plaza-Bolanos and Antonia Garrido-Frenich Ch. 9. Determination of Pyrethroid Insecticides in Environmental Samples by GC-MS and GC-MS-MS, Cayo Corcellas, Ethel Eljarrat and Damia Barcelo Ch. 10. GC-MS-MS for the Analysis of Phytoestrogens in the Environment, Imma Ferrer and E. Michael Thurman Part II: Advances in High Resolution and Accurate Mass GC-MS. Environmental Applications. Ch. 11. Principles and Applications of Gas Chromatography Quadrupole Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry, Jennifer N. Gushue Ch. 12. Gas chromatography-Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry in Food and Environmental Analysis, Tomas Cajka Ch. 13. Ultra-high Mass Resolution Miniaturized Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometer infiTOF for Rapid Analysis of Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Shinichi Miki et al. Ch. 14. Environmental Applications of Soft Ionization with GC-TOF-MS and GC-QTOF-MS, Viorica Lopez-Avila, Patrick J. Roach and Randall Urdahl Ch. 15: Compound-Specific Stable Isotope Analysis of Natural and Produced Hydrocarbon Gases Surrounding Oil and Gas Operations, Owen A. Sherwood, Patrick D. Travers and Michael P. Dolan Ch. 16. Analysis of Halogenated Flame Retardants by Gas Chromatography coupled to LRMS, HRMS, MS-MS and ToF-MS, Enrique Baron, Ethel Eljarrat, Damia Barcelo Ch. 17. Industrial Applications of High Resolution GC-MS, Jeffrey R. Gilbert, et al. Ch. 18. Current Applications of GC-(Q)TOF and GC-HRMS for the Determination of Persistent Organic Pollutants in Water and Sediment Samples, Patricia Plaza-Bolanos, Noelia M. Valera-Tarifa and Antonia Garrido-Frenich Ch. 19. A GC/MS-MS vs. GC/HRMS Dioxin Analysis Comparison. Some Critical Considerations for Low Level Environmental Samples, Marinella Palmiotto, Andrea Colombo and Enrico Davoli Ch. 20. The Future of GC/Q-TOF in Environmental Analysis, Anthony Macherone