Drugs and personal care products as ubiquitous pollutants: Occurrence and distribution of clofibric acid, caffeine and DEET in the North Sea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 295, Issue 1-3, 2002, Pages 131-141

  Weigel, Stefan ^a   Kuhlmann, Jan ^a   Hühnerfuss, Heinrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Caffeine; Clofibric acid; Contamination; DEET; Diclofenac; Ibuprofen; Pharmaceuticals; Seawater; Solid phase extraction

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DRUG PRODUCTS; ESTUARIES; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMPURITIES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH EFFECTS; POLYSTYRENES; SEAWATER;

PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

CAFFEINE; CLOFIBRIC ACID; DICLOFENAC; DIETHYLTOLUAMIDE; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; PROPYPHENAZONE;

MARINE POLLUTION; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; SEAWATER;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; EXTRACTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

ANTILIPEMIC AGENTS; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CLOFIBRIC ACID; DEET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INSECT REPELLENTS; NORTH SEA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

NORTH SEA;

EID: 0037025807     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(02)00064-5     Document Type: Article

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