Determination of the psychoactive drugs carbamazepine and diazepam in hospital effluent and identification of their metabolites

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 17192-17201

  de Almeida, Carlos A A ^a   Oliveira, Maurício S ^a   Mallmann, Carlos A ^a   Martins, Ayrton F ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbamazepine; Diazepam; Fragmentation; Hospital effluent; LC QqLIT MS; Metabolites

Indexed keywords

DRUG; EFFLUENT; FRAGMENTATION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; METABOLITE; PERSISTENCE; SEWAGE TREATMENT;

BRAZIL; RIO GRANDE DO SUL; SANTA MARIA [RIO GRANDE DU SUL];

CARBAMAZEPINE; CARBAMAZEPINE 10,11 OXIDE; DIAZEPAM; HOSPITAL WASTE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; BRAZIL; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOSPITAL WASTE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; SEWAGE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BRAZIL; CARBAMAZEPINE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DIAZEPAM; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; MEDICAL WASTE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SEWAGE; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84945495000     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4948-y     Document Type: Article

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