Quantitative target and systematic non-target analysis of polar organic micro-pollutants along the river Rhine using high-resolution mass-spectrometry - Identification of unknown sources and compounds

Water Research

Volumn 87, Issue , 2015, Pages 145-154

  Ruff, Matthias ^a   Mueller, Miriam S ^a,b   Loos, Martin ^a   Singer, Heinz P ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b Jalisco   (Mexico)

Author keywords

High resolution mass spectrometry; Non target screening; Point source; Rhine river; River monitoring; Target screening

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHASE SEPARATION; POTABLE WATER; RIVER POLLUTION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; NON-TARGET ANALYSIS; NON-TARGET SCREENINGS; ORGANIC MICROPOLLUTANTS; POINT-SOURCES; PRIORITIZATION; RHINE RIVER; RIVER MONITORING; SAMPLING SITE; TARGET SCREENING;

RIVERS;

BIOCIDE; GABAPENTIN; METFORMIN; PESTICIDE; RIVER WATER; SWEETENING AGENT; TIZANIDINE; 1,3-DIMETHYL-2-IMIDAZOLIDINONE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; ACETOSULFAME; AMINE; CLONIDINE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; DRUG; IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; THIAZINE DERIVATIVE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DRINKING WATER; DRUG; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PESTICIDE; POLARIZATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RIVER FLOW; SAMPLING; TRIBUTARY; WASTEWATER; WATER MASS; WATER RESOURCE; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; EUROPE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; SEASON; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

RHINE RIVER;

AMINES; CLONIDINE; CYCLOHEXANECARBOXYLIC ACIDS; EUROPE; GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; IMIDAZOLES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METFORMIN; PESTICIDES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; RIVERS; SEASONS; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; THIAZINES; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84942100251     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2015.09.017     Document Type: Article

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