Pharmaceutical residues in the Danube River Basin in Serbia - A two-year survey

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 659-665

  Radović, Tanja ^a   Grujić, Svetlana ^a   Dujaković, Nikolina ^a   Radiśić, Marina ^a   Vasiljević, Tatjana ^a   Petković, Andelka ^b   Boreli Zdravković, Dulija ^b   Dimkić, Milan ^b   Lauśević, Mila ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b Institute for the Development of Water Resources   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Danube; HPLC ESI MS MS; Pharmaceuticals; Serbia; Water monitoring

Indexed keywords

DAMAGING EFFECTS; DANUBE; DANUBE RIVER BASIN; DANUBE RIVERS; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; HPLC-ESI-MS/MS; HUMAN HEALTH; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHARMACEUTICAL RESIDUES; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; SAMPLING SITE; SERBIA; SOLID-PHASE EXTRACTION; WATER MONITORING;

DRUG PRODUCTS; GROUNDWATER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

GROUNDWATER POLLUTION;

DRUG RESIDUE; GROUND WATER; SURFACE WATER;

DRINKING WATER; DRUG; FILTRATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC ENCEPHALITIS; FILTRATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RIVER BASIN; SERBIA; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; SUMMER; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER SAMPLING;

DATA COLLECTION; DRUG RESIDUES; GEOGRAPHY; GROUNDWATER; HUMANS; RIVERS; SERBIA; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

DANUBE BASIN; DANUBE RIVER; SERBIA;

EID: 84864404444     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2012.225     Document Type: Article

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