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From Target-Nontarget to Nontarget Screening: A Review on Screening Methods for Organic Pollutants Based on

Runmin Yuan1,2, Hongrui Zhang1,2, Jiyan Liu1,2,3

  • 1State Key Laboratory of Environmental Chemistry and Toxicology, Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, P.O. Box 2871, Beijing 100085, China.

Environment & Health (Washington, D.C.)
|May 21, 2026
PubMed
Summary

Nontarget screening (NTS) is crucial for environmental analysis. This review proposes a new workflow using high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) characteristics for comprehensive and reliable environmental contaminant detection.

Keywords:
data mininghigh-resolution mass spectrometrymass spectrometry characteristicsnontarget screeningorganic pollutants

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