Occurrence of Illicit Drugs in Wastewater in Spain

Illicit Drugs in the Environment: Occurrence, Analysis, and Fate Using Mass Spectrometry

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 115-136

  Postigo, Cristina ^a   López de Alda, Miren ^a   Barcelò, Damia ^a  

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

Author keywords

Illicit drug mass spectrometric analysis in environment occurrence and fate, in wastewaters and surface waters of Spain; Illicit drugs and metabolites in effluent wastewater levels measured in WWTP effluents in Spain; Illicit drugs in surface waters toxicological implications on biota, and analytical methodologies for measuring illicit drugs

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EID: 84886033608     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118000816.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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