Assessment of total uncertainty in cocaine and benzoylecgonine wastewater load measurements

Water Research

Volumn 45, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 6650-6660

  Mathieu, Christoph ^a   Rieckermann, Jörg ^b   Berset, Jean Daniel ^c   Schürch, Stefan ^a   Brenneisen, Rudolf ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c Cantonal Laboratory for Soil and Water Protection   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Analytical uncertainty; Cocaine and benzoylecgonine loads; Sewage treatment plant; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANALYTICAL UNCERTAINTY; BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE AND BENZOYLECGONINE LOAD; DRUG ABUSE; LOADS MEASUREMENTS; LOCAL EFFECTS; SAMPLING SCHEMES; SEWAGE-TREATMENT PLANTS; TOTAL UNCERTAINTIES; UNCERTAINTY;

SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS;

BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SAMPLING; SEWAGE; SUSPENDED LOAD; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG USE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNCERTAINTY; WASTE WATER; WATER LOADING;

EID: 81355154461     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2011.09.049     Document Type: Article

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