Spatiotemporal distribution of pharmaceuticals in the Douro River estuary (Portugal)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5513-5520

  Madureira, Tânia Vieira ^a,b,c,d   Barreiro, Juliana Cristina ^d   Rocha, Maria João ^a,c   Rocha, Eduardo ^b,c   Cass, Quezia Bezerra ^d   Tiritan, Maria Elizabeth ^a,b  

^a Health Sciences Research Center of the Superior Institute Health Sciences North   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Douro River estuary; Environmental monitoring; Pharmaceuticals; Surface water; Toxicological risk

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CARBAMAZEPINE; COMPLEX MIXTURE; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; CONTAMINATION LEVELS; CONTINUOUS MONITORING; DETECTION FREQUENCY; DOURO RIVER ESTUARY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; HOTSPOTS; ION TRAPS; LC-MS/MS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAVIGATION CHANNELS; PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS; PHARMACEUTICALS; PORTUGAL; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL DISTRIBUTIONS; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TEMPORAL TRENDS; THERAPEUTIC CLASS; TOXICOLOGICAL IMPACT; TOXICOLOGICAL RISK; TRIMETHOPRIM; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WATER SAMPLES; WIDE AREA;

AMIDES; DRUG PRODUCTS; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ESTUARIES; EXTRACTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE POLLUTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RIVERS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

RIVER POLLUTION;

CARBAMAZEPINE; DIAZEPAM; DRUG; FENOFIBRIC ACID; PROPRANOLOL; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; ESTUARY; EXTRACTION METHOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE WATER; TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; ELECTROSPRAY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

CARBAMAZEPINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DIAZEPAM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FENOFIBRATE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PORTUGAL; PROPRANOLOL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DOURO RIVER; PORTUGAL;

EID: 77956882358     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.069     Document Type: Article

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