Pharmaceuticals in the Yamaska River, Quebec, Canada

Water Quality Research Journal of Canada

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 231-239

  Yargeau, Viviane ^a   Lopata, Antonina ^a   Metcalfe, Chris ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acidic drugs; Neutral drugs; Pharmaceuticals; Sulfonamide; Surface water

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ANTIBIOTICS; DRUG PRODUCTS; GROUNDWATER; POTABLE WATER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; URBAN GROWTH; WATERSHEDS;

ACIDIC DRUGS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; MAXIMUM CONCENTRATIONS; NEUTRAL DRUGS; PHARMACEUTICAL RESIDUES; PHARMACEUTICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; SULFONAMIDE; SULFONAMIDE ANTIBIOTICS;

SURFACE WATERS;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; DRINKING WATER; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER; WATERSHED;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; YAMASKA RIVER;

EID: 54049105796     PISSN: 12013080     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wqrj.2007.026     Document Type: Article

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