Biotransformation of pharmaceuticals in surface water and during waste water treatment: Identification and occurrence of transformation products

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 302, Issue , 2016, Pages 175-187

  Boix, Clara ^a   Ibáñez, María ^a   Sancho, Juan V ^a   Parsons, John R ^b   Voogt, Pim de ^b,c   Hernández, Félix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activated sludge biotransformation; Environmental waters; Pharmaceuticals; Time of flight mass spectrometry; Transformation degradation products

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE WATERS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; O-DESMETHYL VENLAFAXINE; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; TRANSFORMATION/DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

EFFLUENTS;

GEMFIBROZIL; IBUPROFEN; IRBESARTAN; OFLOXACIN; SURFACE WATER; VENLAFAXINE; DRUG; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DRUG; EFFLUENT; OXIC CONDITIONS; SURFACE WATER; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

ACTIVATED SLUDGE; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DRUG DEGRADATION; EFFLUENT; HYDROLYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84944231389     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.09.053     Document Type: Article

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