Hidden drivers of low-dose pharmaceutical pollutant mixtures revealed by the novel GSA-QHTS screening method

Science Advances

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2016, Pages

  Rodea Palomares, Ismael ^a,b   Gonzalez Pleiter, Miguel ^b   Gonzalo, Soledad ^c   Rosal, Roberto ^c   Leganes, Francisco ^b   Sabater, Sergi ^d,e   Casellas, Maria ^d   Muñoz Carpena, Rafael ^a   Fernández Piñas, Francisca ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^d CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; MIXTURES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; GLOBAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; INTEGRATED ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; MICROBIAL POPULATIONS; SYSTEMATIC IDENTIFICATION;

POLLUTION;

DRUG;

ADVERSE DRUG REACTION; BACTERIUM; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

BACTERIA; DRUG-RELATED SIDE EFFECTS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HIGH-THROUGHPUT SCREENING ASSAYS; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 85013863811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23752548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1601272     Document Type: Article

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