Screening for selected human pharmaceuticals and cocaine in the urban streams of Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil

Journal of the American Water Resources Association

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 302-308

  Thomas, Kevin V ^a   Araújo da Silva, Felipe M ^b   Langford, K H ^a   de Souza, Afonso D Leão ^b   Nizzeto, L ^a,c   Waichman, A V ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AMAZONAS   (Brazil)

^c MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Amazonas; Human pharmaceuticals; Illicit drugs; Urban streams

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; DRUG PRODUCTS; SEWAGE;

AMAZONAS; DETECTION LIMITS; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; HUMAN PHARMACEUTICALS; ILLICIT DRUG; URBAN STREAM; URBAN SURFACE WATERS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT EFFLUENT;

RIVER POLLUTION;

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; LAND USE CHANGE; METABOLITE; POLLUTION MONITORING; SEWAGE TREATMENT; STREAMWATER; SURFACE WATER;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; MANAUS; RIO NEGRO [SOUTH AMERICA];

EID: 84897409497     PISSN: 1093474X     EISSN: 17521688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jawr.12164     Document Type: Article

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