Seasonal and Temporal Variation in Release of Antibiotics in Hospital Wastewater: Estimation Using Continuous and Grab Sampling

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Diwan, Vishal ^a,b   Stålsby Lundborg, Cecilia ^a   Tamhankar, Ashok J ^a,c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b RD Gardi Medical College   (India)

^c Indian Initiative for Management of Antibiotic Resistance (IIMAR)   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; METRONIDAZOLE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE;

ARTICLE; HOSPITAL WASTE; INDIA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; SAMPLER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WASTE WATER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL WASTE; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84879903235     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068715     Document Type: Article

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