Drugs of abuse in urban groundwater. A case study: Barcelona

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 424, Issue , 2012, Pages 280-288

  Jurado, Anna ^a,b   Mastroianni, Nicola ^a   Vàzquez Suñé, Enric ^a   Carrera, Jesus ^a   Tubau, Isabel ^b,d   Pujades, Estanislao ^a,b   Postigo, Cristina ^a   de Alda, Miren López ^a   Barceló, Damià ^a,c  

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

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^d Geological Institute of Catalonia   (Spain)

Author keywords

Barcelona; Drugs of abuse; Mixing ratios; Removal processes; Urban groundwater

Indexed keywords

BARCELONA; DRUGS OF ABUSE; MIXING RATIOS; REMOVAL PROCESS; URBAN GROUNDWATER;

AQUIFERS; HYDROGEOLOGY; METABOLITES;

GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

11 HYDROXYDRONABINOL; 2 ETHYLIDENE 1,5 DIMETHYL 3,3 DIPHENYLPYRROLIDINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALPRAZOLAM; AMPHETAMINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIDIOL; CANNABINOID; CANNABINOL; COCAINE; DIAZEPAM; DRUG METABOLITE; EPHEDRINE; GROUND WATER; ILLICIT DRUG; LORAZEPAM; LYSERGIC ACID; LYSERGIDE; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MORPHINE; MORPHINE 6 ACETATE; OPIATE; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOLIC ACID;

AQUIFER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GROUNDWATER; METABOLITE; MIXING RATIO; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; URBAN AREA; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG ABUSE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; SYMBIOSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOPOGRAPHY; URBAN AREA; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GROUNDWATER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEASONS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SPAIN; STREET DRUGS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BARCELONA [BARCELONA (PRV)]; BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 84859735240     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.02.074     Document Type: Article

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