Analysis of 65 pharmaceuticals and personal care products in 5 wastewater treatment plants in Portugal using a simplified analytical methodology

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2862-2871

  Salgado, R ^a,c   Noronha, J P ^a   Oehmen, A ^a   Carvalho, G ^a,b   Reis, M A M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO DE SETÚBAL   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Musks; Pharmaceutical active compounds (PhAC); Solid phase extraction (SPE); Solid phase microextraction (SPME); Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL APPROACH; ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANALYTICAL METHODOLOGY; ESTROGENIC COMPOUNDS; LABOUR-INTENSIVE; LIMITS OF DETECTION; MICROPOLLUTANTS; MUSKS; NATURAL AQUATIC SYSTEMS; NON-STEROIDAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY DRUGS; PHARMACEUTICAL ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; PHARMACEUTICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS; POINT SOURCES; POLYCYCLIC MUSKS; PORTUGAL; SLUDGE SAMPLES; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION (SPE); SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION (SPME); WASTEWATER MATRICES; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS; WWTP EFFLUENT;

DRUG PRODUCTS; EXTRACTION; MUSKEG; RECLAMATION; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

MUSK; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC COMPOUND;

DRUG; ESTROGENIC COMPOUND; EXTRACTION METHOD; SEASONALITY; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ADSORPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG INDUSTRY; EFFLUENT; PORTUGAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SLUDGE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SOLID PHASE MICROEXTRACTION; SPRING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

COSMETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PORTUGAL; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 78751472540     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.985     Document Type: Article

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