Chiral profiling of azole antifungals in municipal wastewater and recipient rivers of the Pearl River Delta, China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 8890-8899

  Huang, Qiuxin ^a,b,c   Wang, Zhifang ^a,b   Wang, Chunwei ^a,b   Peng, Xianzhi ^a,b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c Fifth Research Institute of MIIT   (China)

Author keywords

Bed sediment; Chiral azole antifungals; Enantiomeric composition; Enantiomeric fraction; The Pearl River; Wastewater; Water

Indexed keywords

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; WASTE FACILITY; WASTEWATER;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 84891085244     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-1862-z     Document Type: Article

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