Antibiotics in the aquatic environments: A review of the European scenario

Environment International

Volumn 94, Issue , 2016, Pages 736-757

  Carvalho, Isabel T ^a   Santos, Lúcia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Aquatic ecotoxicity; Aquatic environment; European scenario; Multiresidue analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WATER QUALITY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AQUATIC ECOTOXICITY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; EUROPEAN SCENARIO; MULTI-RESIDUE ANALYSIS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM; CEFALEXIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUMEQUINE; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; NITROIMIDAZOLE; NORFLOXACIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; POLYMYXIN DERIVATIVE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; SULFONAMIDE; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TRIMETHOPRIM; TYLOSIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTICS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICITY; EUROPE; HUMAN; LAW; LIFE CYCLE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HUMANS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84989350606     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2016.06.025     Document Type: Review

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