Occurrence of the Antimicrobials Sulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim in Hospital Effluent and Study of Their Degradation Products after Electrocoagulation

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 21-27

  Martins, Ayrton F ^a   Mallmann, Carlos A ^a   Arsand, Daniel R ^a,b   Mayer, Francieli Martins ^a   Brenner, Carla G B ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DE CRUZ ALTA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Electrocoagulation; Hospital effluent; LC ESI MS MS QTrap; Sulfamethoxazole; Trimethoprim

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; HOSPITAL SECTOR; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTIMIZATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TOXICOLOGY;

EID: 78751622685     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: 18630669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.201000126     Document Type: Article

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