Preliminary survey of pharmaceutical residues in some important Romanian rivers

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1333-1345

  Chițescu, Carmen Lidia ^a   Nicolau, Anca Ioana ^a  

^a DUNAREA DE JOS UNIVERSITY OF GALATI   (Romania)

Author keywords

antibiotics; antifungal compounds; multiresidue analysis; water contamination

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; ANTIBIOTICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RIVERS; DRUG PRODUCTS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTIFUNGAL COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTI-RESIDUE ANALYSIS; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAMINATIONS; PHARMACEUTICAL RESIDUES; PUBLIC UNDERSTANDING; WATER CONTAMINATION;

RIVER POLLUTION;

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; FUNGICIDE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; RIVER POLLUTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; POLLUTION MONITORING; RESIDUAL FLOW; RETENTION;

PRUT RIVER; ROMANIA;

EID: 84937250978     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2015.1005092     Document Type: Article

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