Occurrence of pharmaceuticals and personal care products and associated environmental risks in the central and lower Yangtze river, China

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 106, Issue , 2014, Pages 19-26

  Wu, Chenxi ^a   Huang, Xiaolong ^a,c   Witter, Jason D ^b   Spongberg, Alison L ^b   Wang, Kexiong ^a   Wang, Ding ^a   Liu, Jiantong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Occurrence; PPCPs; Risk assessment; Yangtze River

Indexed keywords

CAFFEINE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DICLOFENAC; DILTIAZEM; DIPHENHYDRAMINE; ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC CHEMICALS; ERYTHROMYCIN; GEMFIBROZIL; IBUPROFEN; INDOMETACIN; KETOPROFEN; LINCOMYCIN; PARACETAMOL; PARAXANTHINE; PHARMACEUTICAL AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT; SULFADIMIDINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SURFACE WATER; TRICLOCARBAN; TRICLOSAN; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; LAKE POLLUTION; RIVER BASIN; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVER WATER; WATER QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; LAKE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; RIVER BASIN; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; WATER SAMPLING;

CHAOHE BASIN; CHINA; DONGTING BASIN; HUNAN; JIANGXI; POYANG BASIN; TAIHU BASIN; YANGTZE RIVER;

OCCURRENCE; PPCPS; RISK ASSESSMENT; YANGTZE RIVER;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LAKES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84900410978     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.04.029     Document Type: Article

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