Source, occurrence and fate of antibiotics in the Italian aquatic environment

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 179, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 1042-1048

  Zuccato, Ettore ^a   Castiglioni, Sara ^a   Bagnati, Renzo ^a   Melis, Manuela ^a   Fanelli, Roberto ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (HPLC MS MS); Sewage treatment plant (STP); Surface water; Waste water

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PRINCIPLES; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL LOADS; HPLC-MS-MS; HUMAN HEALTH; ITALIAN POPULATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; MACROLIDES; NORTHERN ITALY; QUINOLONES; SAMPLING SITE; SPIRAMYCIN; TREATED WASTEWATER; UNTREATED WASTEWATER;

ANTIBIOTICS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISKS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER RECYCLING;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MACROLIDE; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SPIRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SURFACE WATER; WASTEWATER;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; ITALY; POLLUTION MONITORING; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; RIVER; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICAL WASTE; RISK; RIVERS; SEWAGE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; WATER SUPPLY;

ITALY; PO RIVER;

EID: 77952890793     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.03.110     Document Type: Article

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