Occurrence, bioaccumulation and risk assessment of lipophilic pharmaceutically active compounds in the downstream rivers of sewage treatment plants

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 511, Issue , 2015, Pages 54-62

  Liu, Jianchao ^a   Lu, Guanghua ^a   Xie, Zhengxin ^a   Zhang, Zhenghua ^a   Li, Sheng ^a   Yan, Zhenhua ^a  

^a HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Environmental risk assessment; Occurrence; Pharmaceutically active compounds

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; ANTIBIOTICS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; DIGITAL STORAGE; FISH; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANTS; STEROID HORMONES; SURFACE WATERS; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORIES; BIOACCUMULATION FACTOR; COMPARATIVE METHODS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT; NEGATIVE CORRELATION; OCCURRENCE; PHARMACEUTICALLY ACTIVE COMPOUNDS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTIONS;

RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARBAMAZEPINE; DICLOFENAC; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHINYLESTRADIOL; IBUPROFEN; KETOCONAZOLE; PROPRANOLOL; ROXITHROMYCIN; SURFACE WATER; DRUG; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FISH; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER WATER; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GILL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIPOPHILICITY; LIVER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; SEWAGE TREATMENT PLANT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAE; DAPHNIIDAE;

CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84918813157     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.12.033     Document Type: Article

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