Seasonal variation of antibiotics concentration in the aquatic environment: A case study at Jianghan Plain, central China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 527-528, Issue , 2015, Pages 56-64

  Yao, Linlin ^a   Wang, Yanxin ^a   Tong, Lei ^a   Li, Yonggang ^b   Deng, Yamin ^a   Guo, Wei ^a   Gan, Yiqun ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Groundwater; Jianghan plain; Seasonal variation; Surface water; Vertical infiltration

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; AQUIFERS; BOREHOLES; DRUG PRODUCTS; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; INFILTRATION; LANDFORMS; RIVERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE WATERS; WATER RESOURCES;

ANTIBIOTIC CONCENTRATION; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; DEEP BOREHOLES; FLUOROQUINOLONES; JIANGHAN PLAINS; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWINE WASTEWATER; VERTICAL INFILTRATION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ENOXACIN; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLEROXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GROUND WATER; LOMEFLOXACIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; ROXITHROMYCIN; SPARFLOXACIN; SULFADIAZINE; SULFADIMIDINE; SULFAMERAZINE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXYPYRIDAZINE; SULFAMETOXYDIAZINE; SULFAPYRIDINE; SULFATHIAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; FRESH WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTIBIOTICS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GROUNDWATER; INFILTRATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SURFACE WATER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POULTRY FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; WATER SAMPLING; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; SEASON; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

CHINA; HUBEI; JIANGHAN PLAIN;

SUIDAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRESH WATER; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84929461530     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.091     Document Type: Article

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