Screening of pharmaceuticals and illicit drugs in wastewater and surface waters of Spain and Italy by high resolution mass spectrometry using UHPLC-QTOF MS and LC-LTQ-Orbitrap MS

Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 407, Issue 30, 2015, Pages 8979-8988

  Bade, Richard ^a   Rousis, Nikolaos I ^b   Bijlsma, Lubertus ^a   Gracia Lor, Emma ^b   Castiglioni, Sara ^b   Sancho, Juan V ^a   Hernandez, Felix ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

High resolution mass spectrometry; Illicit drugs; Liquid chromatography; Pharmaceuticals; Screening

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE WATERS;

ANALYTICAL CHEMISTS; DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL WATER; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY; ILLICIT DRUG; MONITORING PURPOSE; QUADRUPOLE-TIME OF FLIGHTS;

SCREENING;

DRUG; STREET DRUG; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMISTRY; EVALUATION STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROCEDURES; SPAIN; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SPAIN; STREET DRUGS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84948079548     PISSN: 16182642     EISSN: 16182650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00216-015-9063-x     Document Type: Article

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