Urban contribution of pharmaceuticals and other organic wastewater contaminants to streams during differing flow conditions

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 328, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 119-130

  Kolpin, Dana W ^a   Skopec, Mary ^b   Meyer, Michael T ^a   Furlong, Edward T ^c   Zaugg, Steven D ^c  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b Iowa Geological Survey   (United States)

^c DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pharmaceuticals; Streams; Urban

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DRUG PRODUCTS; IMPURITIES; URBAN PLANNING; WASTEWATER;

FLOW CONDITIONS; ORGANIC WASTEWATER CONTAMINANTS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CAFFEINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; METOLACHLOR; PARAXANTHINE; PESTICIDE; SITOSTEROL; STEROL;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; RIVER WATER; STREAMFLOW; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG INDUSTRY; FLOW; ORGANIC WASTE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; STREAM (RIVER); URBAN POPULATION; WASTE WATER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; IOWA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RIVERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

IOWA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 2942740968     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.01.015     Document Type: Article

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