On the Frontier: Analytical Chemistry and the Occurrence of Illicit Drugs into Surface Waters in the United States

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 171-188

  Jones Lepp, Tammy ^a   Alvarez, David ^b   Loganathan, Bommanna ^c  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Jackson Field Research Station   (United States)

^c MURRAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Analytical chemistry and illicit drug occurrence in surface waters in the United States; Consumer consumption and excretion into municipal sewer systems transport through WWTP process into streams, lakes, rivers or wetlands; Illicit drug analytical methods, and mass spectrometry in MS MS mode accurate detection of illicit compounds

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886082114     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118000816.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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