Occurrences and ecological risks of roxithromycin, trimethoprim, and chloramphenicol in the Han River, Korea

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 711-719

  Choi, Kyungho ^a   Kim, Younghee ^a   Jung, Jinyong ^a   Kim, Myung Hyun ^b   Kim, Chang Soo ^c   Kim, Nam Hee ^c   Park, Jeongim ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Environment Institute (KEI)   (South Korea)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Aquatic environment; Han River; Hazard quotient; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; FISH; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SURFACE WATERS; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; HAZARD QUOTIENT;

ECOLOGY;

CHLORAMPHENICOL; ROXITHROMYCIN; SURFACE WATER; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTICS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BACTERIUM; CRUSTACEAN; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FINFISH; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SURFACE WATER; TOXICITY;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAPHNIA; ECOTOXICITY; EFFLUENT; FISH; KOREA; LIVESTOCK; MACROINVERTEBRATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CRUSTACEA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; KOREA; ORYZIAS; RIVERS; ROXITHROMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HAN RIVER [SOUTH KOREA]; KOREA; SOUTH KOREA;

DAPHNIA MAGNA; MOINA MACROCOPA; ORYZIAS LATIPES; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 40949101787     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-143.1     Document Type: Article

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