Mass spectrometric analysis of illicit drugs in wastewater and surface water

Mass Spectrometry Reviews

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 378-394

  Castiglioni, Sara ^a   Zuccato, Ettore ^a   Chiabrando, Chiara ^a   Fanelli, Roberte ^a   Bagnatl, Renzo ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Illicit drugs residues; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Surface water; Tandem mass spectrometry; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG PRODUCTS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SPECTROMETERS; SPECTROMETRY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

ANALYTICAL METHODS; DRUG ABUSES; FRAGMENTATION PATTERNS; ILLICIT DRUGS; ILLICIT DRUGS RESIDUES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRIES; MASS SPECTROMETRIC ANALYSIS; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTIONS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URBAN WASTEWATERS;

EXTRACTION;

FRESH WATER; STREET DRUG;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW; SEWAGE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEWAGE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STREET DRUGS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 47249153321     PISSN: 02777037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mas.20168     Document Type: Article

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