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PLANAR CHROMATOGRAPHY IN THE LIFE SCIENCES, Joseph C. Touchstone, Editor, Volume 108 in the Chemical Analysis Series, John Wiley- and Sons, Inc., New York, 1990. Price $59.95.

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY: APPLICATIONS IN AGRICULTURAL, PHARMACEUTICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY, Mark A. Brown, Editor, ACS Symposium Series Volume 420, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1990. Price – $71.95.

ADVANCES IN CHROMATOGRAPHY, J.C. Giddings, E. Grushka, and P.R. Brown, Editors, Biotechnological Applications and Methods (Volume 29), Selectivity and Retention in Chromatography (Volume 30), Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1989. Price – $125.00 each (USA and Canada) and $150.00 each (all other countries).     

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Modern NMR Techniques and Their Applications in Chemistry, Edited by A. I. Popov and K. Hallenga, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY 10016, 1991, 680 pp. Price: $135.00; $162.00 outside USA and Canada.

Chromatographic Analysis of Alkaloids, M. Popl, J. Fahnrich and V. Tatar, Chromatographic Science Series, Volume 53, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY 10016, 1990, 664 pp. Price: $1 50.00; $180.00 outside USA and Canada.

Luminescence Techniques in Chemical and Biochemical Analysis, Edited by W. R. G. Baeyens, D. DeKeukeleire and K. Korkidis, Practical Spectroscopy Series, Volume #12, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY, 654 pages, 1991. Price: $1 50.00 (USA and Canada); $1 80.00 (all other countries).

Wood and Cellulosic Chemistry, Edited by D.N.6. Hon and N. Shiraishi, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY, 1020 pages, 1990. Price: $195.00 (USA and Canada); $234.00 (all other countries).     

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HPLC IN Clinical Chemistry, Edited by I. N. Papdoyannis, Chromatographic Science Series, Volume 54, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, NY, 488 pp. 1990. Price: $115.00 (USA & Canada); $138.00 (all other countries).     

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MULTIDIMENSIONAL CHROMATOGRAPHY, TECHNIQUES AND APPLICATIONS, Hernan J. Cortes, ed., Chromatographic Science Series, Volume 50 (series editor: Dr. Jack Cazes), Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 1990.

ANALYTICAL ARTIFACTS, GC, MS, HPLC, TLS AND PC, Brian S. Mlddledltch, Elsevler Sclence Publlshers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1989, 1034 pp.US$260. 50.

MERCK INDEX, Susan Budavarl, ed., 11th Edition (Centennlal Edition), Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, 1989.     

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“CHROMATOGRAPHY OF ANTIBIOTICS”, G. H. Wagman & M. J. Weinstein, Elsevier Science Publishers, Amsterdam, 1984, 510pp., $113.50 (US).

“STERIC EXCLUSION LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY OF POLYMERS”, J. Janca, Ed., Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York & Basel, 1984, 329pp., $55.00 (US).

“CHROMATOGRAPHIC STUDIES OF BIOGENESIS OF PLANT VOLATILES”, P. Schreier, Dr. Alfred Huthig Verlag GmbH., Heidelberg, 1984, 165pp., $34.00 (US).     

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Liquid Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry, Techniques and Applications, A. L. Yergey, C. G. Edmonds, I. A. S. Lewis, and M. L. Vestal, Modern Analytical Chemistry Series, D. Hercules, Editor, 306 pages, Plenum Press, New York and London, 1989. $65.00; price 20% higher outside USA and Canada.

Analytical Microbiology Methods, Chromatography and Mass Spectrometry, A. Fox, S. L. Morgan, L. Larsson and G. Odham, Editors, Plenum Press, New York and London, 1920, 280 pages. $65.00; prices 20% higher outside USA and Canada.

Ion Chromatography, H. Small, Modern Analytical Chemistry Series, D. Hercules, Editor, Plenum Press, New York and London, 1990, 376 pages. $49.50; prices 20% higher outside USA and Canada.     

A review of: “HANDBOOK OF AFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY”

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T. Kline, Ed. Marcel Dekker, New York, 1993; hardbound, viii + 332 pages, $135.00     

A review of: “AQUEOUS TWO-PHASE PARTITIONING”

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B.Y. Zaslavsky. Marcel Dekker, New York, 1994; hardbound, pp. xiii+696, $165.00     

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Summary Myron Kaufman: Principles of Thermodynamics, No. 15 in Undergraduate Chemistry, A Series of Textbooks, Edited by J.J. Lagowski, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, Basel, 2002 xiv + 393 pages, ISBN: 0-8247-0692-7, Price: <InlineEquation><EquationSource=tex>85.00     

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Colombo, A.G. (1992). Environmental Impact Assessment. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, p. 334 + xii pp., Hardcover, ISBN: 0-7923-1589-8, Dfl180.00; £61.00.

Martin, G. and Laffort, P. (1991). Odeurs et Désodorisation dans l'Environnement. (Odors and Desodorisation in the Environment). TEC & DOC – Lavoisier, Paris. p. 452 + xxiv pp., Hardcover, In French, ISBN: 2-85206-605-X, FF 565.00.

Yalkowsky, S. H. and Banerjee, S. (1992). Aqueous Solubility: Methods of Estimation for Organic Compounds. Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York. p. 264 + vi pp., Hardcover, ISBN: 0-8247-8615-7, US$99.75 (U.S. and Canada) US$114.50 (all other countries).     

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CHROMATOGRAPHY AND MODIFICATION OF NUCLEOSIDES, Charles W. Gehrke and Kenneth C.T. Kuo, eds., Journal of Chromatography Library, Volumes 45A and 45B, Elsevier Scientific Publishers B.V., Amsterdam, 1990.

SELECTIVE SAMPLE HANDLING AND DETECTION IN HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY, PART B, K. Zech and R.W. Frei, eds., Journal of Chromatography Library, Volume 39B, Elsevier Scientific Publishing, Amsterdam, 1989, xii + 394 pages. $129.25. Camera ready printing.     

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WATER AND WATER ANALYSIS (in German: Wasser und Wasseruntersuchung), 2nd revised edition in the Series “Laboratory Books in Chemistry”, by Leonhard A. Hiitter, A-6060 Hall in Tirol, Austria, 344 pages (including 38 figures, 34 tables, 43 pages with newest literature references and other informations (regulations, addresses) mainly from Germany, Austria and Switzerland, and a good index of nine pages), carton cover, format 227 × 165 mm, ISBN 3-425-05075-3, Verlag Diesterweg/Salle, D-6000 Frankfurt/Main and Sauerlander, CH-5000 Aarau (1984), DM 48.00

AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY, Volume 2 of a Series, edited by Laverne J. Weber, Marine Science Center, Oregon State University, Newport, Oregon, U.S.A., 236 pages (including 7 tables, 33 figures, references (mainly of the 1970's) added to each chapter, and a valuable subject index of 6 pages), linen, format 243 × 163 mm, ISBN 0-89004-439-2, Raven Press, New York 10036 (1984), US $55.00

TOXICITY TESTING, NEW APPROACHES AND APPLICATIONS IN HUMAN RISK ASSESSMENT, edited by Dr. A. P. Li et al., Enviromental Health Laboratory Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A., 295 pages (including 37 tables, 49 figures, newest references added to each contribution, discussion statements, a good subject index of six pages, and an address list of contributors), linen, format 241 × 162mm, ISBN 0-88167-083-9, Raven Press, New York (1983/1985), US $50.50

HEALTH RISKS TO FEMALE WORKERS IN OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE TO CHEMICAL AGENTS, by Prof. Dr. Reinier L. Zielhuis et al., Coronel Laboratorium, Universiteit van NL-1054 BW Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 132 pages (including 30 tables, references added to each chapter, an appendix on recent data, but no subject index), soft cover, format 242 × 165mm, ISBN 3-540- 13579-0, Springer-Verlag, Berlin-Heidelberg-New York-Tokyo (1984), DM 70.00, or approximately US $24.60

IS THE SOIL DYING (in German: Stirbt der Boden)? GDI-Series Man-Nature-Environment, by Dr. Volker Hauff et al., D-5300 Bonn, 250 pages (including 49 figures, 34 tables, an author index of two pages, but no subject index), soft cover, format 241 × 171 mm, no ISBN-number, GDI-Buchhandlung, CH-8803 Riischlikon, Switzerland (1985), SFr. 50.00

THE HANDBOOK OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY, PARTS C and D, edited by Prof. Dr. Otto Hutzinger, Chair of Ecological Chemistry and Geochemistry, D-8580 Bayreuth, linen, format 248 × 170 mm, Springer-Verlag Berlin-Heidelberg-New York-Tokyo (1985).     

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Ion-Selective Electrodes in Analytical Chemistry, VOL. 2, H. Freiser (ed.), Plenum Press, New York, 1980.

Pesticide Analytical Methodology by John Harvey, Jr. (E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company) and Gunter Zweig (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency), ACS Symposium Series 136, 406 pages (including 177 figures, 54 tables and an index of 18 pages), linen, format 235 × 160mm, ISBN 0-8412-0581-7, American Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036, 1980, US38.00.

Particulates in Water, Characterization, Fate, Effects, and Removal by Michael C. Kavanaugh (James M. Montgomery, Consulting Engineers, Inc., Pasadena) and James O. Leckie (Stanford University, Stanford) ACS Advances in Chemistry Series 189, 401 pages (including 145 figures, 56 tables and an index of 11 pages), linen, format 235 × 160mm, ISBN 0-8412-0499-3, American Chemical Society, 1155 Sixteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036, 1980, USS59.50.

Pesticide Manufacturing and Toxic Materials Control Encyclopedia Editor, M. Sittig; 810 pages, $96; 1980, Noyes Data Corporation, Park Ridge, N.J., U.S.A. ISBN 0-8155-0814-X. Reviewed by A. de Kok, Section of Environmental Chemistry, Free University, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Dictionary of Chemical Terminology (In Five Languages–English, German, French, Polish and Russian. Edited by D. Kryt, Warsaw, Poland). Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam and New York. 1980, 612 pages, Price: US $95.00/Dfl. 195.00 ISSBN 0-444-99788-1.     

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ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES AND APPLICATIONS Anthony R. Cooper, Ed. Plenum Press, New York, 1980; hardbound, 707 pages, $75.00

POLYMERIC SEPARATION MEDIA Anthony R. Cooper, Ed. Plenum Press, New York, 1982; hardbound 276 pages, $39.50     

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HANDBOOK FOR ESTIMATING PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, by M. Reinhard and A. Drefal, 228 pages, J. Wiley, New York (1999). ISBN 0—471—172634. UK £ 210.00

THE CHEMISTRY OF POLLUTION, by G. Fellenberg, 192 pp. J. Wiley & Sons, Chichester, U.K. (1999). ISBN 0—471—980889. UK£ 24,95.

NATURAL ATTENUATION OF FUELS AND CHLORINATED SOLVENTS IN THE SUBSURFACE, by T.H. Wiedemeier, H.S. Rifai, C.J. Newell and J.T. Wilson, 617 pages, J. Wiley, New York (1999). ISBN 0—471—19749—1. UK £ 58.50

UNDERSTANDING OUR ENVIRONMENT, 3^rd, edition, edited by R.M. Harrison, 445 pages, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge (UK) (1999). ISBN 0—85404—584—8. UK£ 19.95

ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS, Vol. 12 of Issues in Environmental Science and Technology, edited by R.E. Hester and R.H. Harrison, 152 pages, Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge (U.K.) (1999). ISBN 0—85404—255—5. UK£ 25,00

METHOD PERFORMANCE STUDIES FOR SPECIATION ANALYSIS. by P. Quevauviller, 271 pages, The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge (U.K.) (1998). ISBN 0—85404—467—1. UK£ 59.50

GLOBAL AQUATIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT, by H.D. Kumar and D.P. Häder, 393 pages, Springer, Berlin (1999). ISBN 3—540—65369—4. USD 229.00

BIOACCUMULATION. New Aspects and Developments, edited by B. Beek, 284 pages, Springer, Heidelberg, 2000. ISBN 3—540—62575. USD 143.00

INTERLABORATORY STUDIES AND CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS. The BCR approach, by Ph. Quevauviller and E.A. Maier, 558 pages, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam NL, (1999). ISBN 0—444—82389—1. USD 251.50 (Euro 224.62).     

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Aquatic Chemistry: An Introduction Emphasizing Chemical Equilibria in Natural Waters. Werner Stumm and James L. Morgan. Wiley-Interscience, New York, London, Sydney, Toronto 1971. XV+582 pages. Reviewed by R. P. Walser, Quality Control, Pharmaceutical Division, Sandoz Ltd., Basle, Switzerland

Residue Reviews. Edited by F. A. Günther, Springer Verlag, New York, Vols. 34, 38, and 40, 1971. Reviewed by O. Hutzinger, Atlantic Regional Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Determination of organophosphorus pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables, on the Swedish market from 1964 to 1968, by S. Renvall and M. Âkerblom (Vol. 34, p. 1).

Pesticide residue analysis in the presence of Polychlorobiphenyls (PCB), by L. M. Reynolds (Vol. 34, p. 27).

Development of the Food and Drug Administration's method of analysis for multiple residues of organochlorine pesticides in foods and feeds, by J. A. Burke (Vol. 34, p. 59).

Carbamate insecticide residues in plant material: Determination by gas chromatography, by I. H. Williams (Vol. 38, p. 1).

Analytical methods for the determination of fumigants, by B. Malone (Vol. 38, p. 21).

Recent applications of mass spectrometry and combined gas chromatographymass spectrometry to pesticide residue analysis, by F. J. Biros (Vol. 40, p. 1).     

A review of: “CHROMATOGRAPHY IN BIOTECHNOLOGY”

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C. Horváth and L. S. Ettre, Eds. ACS Symposium Series 529, American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, 1993 hardbound pp. ix+189, $49.95     

Perkin-Elmer introduce new gas chromatograph

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APPLICATIONS OF MASS SPECTROMETRY TO TRACE ANALYSIS. Ed. S. Facchetti, Elsevier, US $78.75, Dfl. 185.00.

QUANTITATIVE AQUATIC BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS. by David J. H. Phillips, Fisheries Research Station Aberdeen, Hong Kong, POLLUTION MONITORING SERIES (1980), 488 pages (including 99 figures, 103 tables, 44 pages of literature references up to 1978, an author index of 10 pages, a species index of 4 pages, and a subject index of 18 pages), linen, format 228 × 148 mm, ISBN 0-85334-884-7, Applied Science Publishers Ltd., London, £26.

DIRECTORY OF POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT COMPANIES IN WESTERN EUROPE, Third Edition (1980), 588 pages (including an index of 127 pages, which is however-structured somewhat arbitrarily according to types of equipment and according to countries), stiff paper cover, format 210 × 147 mm, ISBN 0 906685 00 1, European Directories, a Division of Inter Company Comparisons Ltd., 23, City Road, London EC1Y 1AA, £30.

HALOGENATED BIPHENYLS, TERPHENYLS, NAPHTHALENES, DIBENZODIOXINS AND RELATED PRODUCTS, by R. D. Kimbrough (ed.) (Elsevier Biomedical Press, R.V., Amsterdam, NL. U.S. $95.00, Dfl 195.

CHROMATOGRAPHY AND THE ENVIRONMENT, Environmental problem solving using gas and liquid chromatography, R. L. Grob and M. A. Kaiser, Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1982, XII + 240 pages, ISBN 0-444-42065-7     

A Review of: “Unified Separation Science”

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J. C. Giddings, Wiley/Interscience, New York, 1991, hardbound, 320 pages, $54.95     

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ENVIRONMENTAL SOIL AND WATER CHEMISTRY, by V.P. Evangelou, 564 pages, Wiley Interscience, New York (1998). ISBN 0-471-16515-8. £ 51.95.

ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT PROCESSES, by B.E. Logan, 654 pages, Wiley Interscience, New York (1999). ISBN 0-471-18871-9. £58.50

MERCURY CONTAMINATED SITES. Characterization, risk assessment and remediation, edited by R. Ebinghaus, R.R. Turner, L.D. de Lacerda, O. Vasiliev and W. Salomons, 538 pages, Springer-Verlag, Berlin (1999). ISBN 3-540-63731-1. DM 198.00. USD 129.00

ENVIRONMENTAL PHOTOCHEMISTRY, edited by P. Boule, 359 pages, Springer-Verlag, Berlin (1999). ISBN 3-540-62913-0. DM 298.00

A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO MASS SPECTRAL INTERPRETATION, by T. A. Lee, 186 pages, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, (1998). ISBN 0-471-97629-6 USD 19.99

TECHNIQUES IN AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY, edited by Gary K. Ostrander, 686 pages, CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. (1996). ISBN 1-56670-149-X, £ 65.00

HANDBOOK OF CHEMOMETRICS AND QUALIMETRICS. Part B, by D.L. Massart, L.M.C. Buydens, S. de Jong, P.J. Lewi and J. Smeyers-Verbeke, 732 pages, Elsevier, Amsterdam (1998). ISBN 0-444-82853-2. USD 201.00