Occurrence of antibiotics in wastewater treatment facilities in Wisconsin, USA

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 361, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 196-207

  Karthikeyan, K G ^a   Meyer, Michael T ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Effluent; Fluoroquinolones; Influent; Macrolides; Sulfonamides; Tetracyclines; Trimethoprim; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); EFFLUENTS; GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

FLUOROQUINOLONES; INFLUENT; MACROLIDES; SULFONAMIDES; TETRACYCLINES; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTICS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GROUND WATER; MACROLIDE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFADIMIDINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; SURFACE WATER; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; WATER;

ANTIBIOTICS; GROUNDWATER; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FREQUENCY ANALYZER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOLUBILITY; UNITED STATES; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY; WISCONSIN;

CANADA; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 33646239812     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.06.030     Document Type: Article

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