Therapeutic levels of levonorgestrel detected in blood plasma of fish: results from screening rainbow trout exposed to treated sewage effluents

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2661-2666

  Fick, Jerker ^a   Lindberg, Richard H ^a   Parkkonen, Jari ^b   Arvidsson, Bj̈rn ^c   Tysklind, Mats ^a   Joakim Larsson, D G ^d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH DEFENCE RESEARCH AGENCY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOCONCENTRATION; BIOCONCENTRATION FACTOR; BLOOD PLASMA; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMAN THERAPEUTICS; LEVONORGESTREL; LIPOPHILICITY; PHARMACOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PLASMA CONCENTRATION; PLASMA LEVELS; RAINBOW TROUT; SCREENING MODELS; SEWAGE EFFLUENTS; THERAPEUTIC LEVELS;

AQUACULTURE; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE;

PLASMAS;

BEZAFIBRATE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CILAZAPRIL; CLOMIPRAMINE; DICLOFENAC; DILTIAZEM; FEXOFENADINE; FLUOXETINE; HALOPERIDOL; IBUPROFEN; KETOCONAZOLE; KETOPROFEN; LEVONORGESTREL; MECLOZINE; MEGESTROL; MEMANTINE; MIANSERIN; NAPROXEN; ORPHENADRINE; OXAZEPAM; RISPERIDONE; SERTRALINE; SURFACE WATER; TELMISARTAN; TRAMADOL; VERAPAMIL;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONID; SEWAGE;

AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CALCULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPOPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; RAINBOW TROUT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; SWEDEN;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LEVONORGESTREL; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS;

EID: 77950429952     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es903440m     Document Type: Article

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