Occurrence of psychoactive stimulatory drugs in wastewaters in north-eastern Spain

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 397, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 31-40

  Huerta Fontela, Maria ^a,b   Galceran, Maria Teresa ^b   Martin Alonso, Jordi ^a   Ventura, Francesc ^a  

^a AGBAR   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Illicit drugs; Mass spectrometry; Ultra performance liquid chromatography; Wastewater samples

Indexed keywords

HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ILLICIT DRUGS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA-PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; WASTEWATER SAMPLES;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DRUG METABOLITE; NICOTINE; PARAXANTHINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; DIURNAL VARIATION; DRUG; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG USE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEWAGE; SPAIN; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 43049099967     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.02.057     Document Type: Article

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