Development of a fast instrumental method for the analysis of pharmaceuticals in environmental and wastewaters based on ultra high performance liquid chromatography (UHPLC)-tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS)

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1390-1399

  López Serna, Rebeca ^a,c   Petrović, Mira ^b,c   Barceló, Damià ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Pharmaceuticals; UHPLC MS MS; Water analysis

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHASE SEPARATION; SURFACE WATERS; WATER ANALYSIS;

PHARMACEUTICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; SELECTED REACTION MONITORING; SIMULTANEOUS DETECTION; SIMULTANEOUS EXTRACTIONS; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; U-HPLC-MS; ULTRA HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY (UHPLC);

EXTRACTION;

ATENOLOL; BEZAFIBRATE; BUTALBITAL; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIMETIDINE; CLOFIBRIC ACID; CODEINE; DICLOFENAC; FAMOTIDINE; FUROSEMIDE; GEMFIBROZIL; GROUND WATER; HYDROCHLOROTHIAZIDE; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; KETOPROFEN; MEFENAMIC ACID; METRONIDAZOLE; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; PHENOBARBITAL; POLYMER; PRAVASTATIN; RANITIDINE; SALBUTAMOL; SALICYLIC ACID; SOTALOL; SULFADIAZINE; SURFACE WATER; UNINDEXED DRUG;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; DETECTION METHOD; DRUG; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INSTRUMENTATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; HYDROPHILICITY; ISOTOPE LABELING; LIPOPHILICITY; REACTION TIME; RIVER; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

EBRO RIVER; SPAIN;

EID: 82455171922     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.07.071     Document Type: Article

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