Global occurrence of anti-infectives in contaminated surface waters: Impact of income inequality between countries

Environment International

Volumn 80, Issue , 2015, Pages 89-97

  Segura, Pedro A ^a   Takada, Hideshige ^b   Correa, José A ^c   El Saadi, Karim ^c   Koike, Tatsuya ^b   Onwona Agyeman, Siaw ^b   Ofosu Anim, John ^d   Sabi, Edward Benjamin ^d   Wasonga, Oliver V ^e   Mghalu, Joseph M ^f   dos Santos, Antonio Manuel ^g   Newman, Brent ^h   Weerts, Steven ^h   Yargeau, Viviane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^f PWANI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^g EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^h DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Developing countries; Macrolides; Occurrence; Quinolones; Rivers; Sulfonamides; Tetracyclines; Trimethoprim

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ANTIBIOTICS; AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS; CONTAMINATION; COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

MACROLIDES; OCCURRENCE; QUINOLONES; SULFONAMIDES; TETRACYCLINES; TRIMETHOPRIM;

SURFACE WATERS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DEHYDROERYTHROMYCIN; DIAMINOPYRIMIDINE; DOXYCYCLINE; LINCOMYCIN; MACROLIDE; MINOCYCLINE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; ROXITHROMYCIN; SULFADIMETHOXINE; SULFADIMIDINE; SULFAMERAZINE; SULFAMETHIZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFAPYRIDINE; SULFATHIAZOLE; SURFACE WATER; TRIMETHOPRIM; TYLOSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FRESH WATER; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTIBIOTICS; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG COST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GHANA; KENYA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MOZAMBIQUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER CONTAMINATION; ANALYSIS; BIOTA; CHEMISTRY; ECONOMICS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INCOME; PROCEDURES; SOCIAL STATUS; TURKEY; WATER POLLUTANT;

GHANA; KENYA; MOZAMBIQUE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ALGAE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BIOTA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; GHANA; INCOME; MOZAMBIQUE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOUTH AFRICA; TURKEY; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84928125511     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.04.001     Document Type: Article

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