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Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A
Toxic/Hazardous Substances and Environmental Engineering
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Improved RP-HPLC separation of Hg2+ and CH3Hg+ using a mixture of thiol-based mobile phase additives

Jeffrey D. Meers Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Elham Zeini Jahromi Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Belinda Heyne Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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Jürgen Gailer Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Pages 149-154 | Received 02 May 2011, Published online: 04 Jan 2012

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