Occurrence and bioaccumulation of pharmaceuticals in a fish species inhabiting the Suquía River basin (Córdoba, Argentina)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 472, Issue , 2014, Pages 389-396

  Valdés, María Eugenia ^a   Amé, María Valeria ^a   Bistoni, María de los Angeles ^a   Wunderlin, Daniel Alberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Atenolol; Bioconcentration; Carbamazepine; Gambusia affinis; Pharmaceuticals; South America

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; BIOCHEMISTRY; DRUG PRODUCTS; WATERSHEDS;

ATENOLOL; BIOCONCENTRATION; CARBAMAZEPINE; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

BIOACCUMULATION;

ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ATENOLOL; CARBAMAZEPINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DICLOFENAC; DRUG; ENALAPRIL; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FUROSEMIDE; METHYLTESTOSTERONE; OXCARBAZEPINE; PROPRANOLOL; TESTOSTERONE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; FISH; RIVER WATER; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER BASIN; SEASONAL VARIATION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ARGENTINA; CORDOBA [ARGENTINA]; PRIMERO RIVER;

GAMBUSIA AFFINIS;

ATENOLOL; BIOCONCENTRATION; CARBAMAZEPINE; GAMBUSIA AFFINIS; PHARMACEUTICALS; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALS; ARGENTINA; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RIVERS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84888811384     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.124     Document Type: Article

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