Methadone contributes to N-nitrosodimethylamine formation in surface waters and wastewaters during chloramination

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 151-157

  Hanigan, David ^a   Thurman, E Michael ^b   Ferrer, Imma ^b   Zhao, Yang ^c   Andrews, Susan ^c   Zhang, Jinwei ^d   Herckes, Pierre ^d   Westerhoff, Paul ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS; DISINFECTION; DRUG PRODUCTS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POTABLE WATER; WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; WATER TREATMENT;

DISINFECTION BY-PRODUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL PERSISTENCES; FORMATION POTENTIAL; HUMAN CARCINOGEN; LITERATURE REVIEWS; N-NITROSODIMETHYLAMINE; POTENTIAL EXPOSURE; SCREENING PROCEDURES;

SURFACE WATERS;

EID: 84969135221     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.estlett.5b00096     Document Type: Article

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