The presence of the top prescribed pharmaceuticals in treated sewage effluents and receiving waters in southwest nova scotia, canada

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 689-700

  Tong, Anthony Z ^a   Ghoshdastidar, Avik J ^a   Fox, Shannon ^a  

^a ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effluent; Pharmaceuticals; Receiving water; Rural versus urban; Treatment methods

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; EFFLUENT; METABOLITE; OUTFLOW; RURAL AREA; SEWAGE TREATMENT; URBAN AREA;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA;

DRUG; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CANADA; CHEMISTRY; SEWAGE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

CANADA; NOVA SCOTIA; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84925709312     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3400-z     Document Type: Article

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