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Human-Health Pharmaceutical Compounds in Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona, and Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, October 2000-August 2001

By Robert A. Boyd and Edward T. Furlong

Table of Contents

Abstract
Introduction
Acknowledgments
Description of Study Area
Methods
Results and Discussion
References Cited

FIGURES

  1. Map showing study area and sample-collection sites, Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona, and Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, October 2000-August 2001
  2. Graph showing mean daily streamflow in Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, and dates of sample collection for human-health pharmaceutical compounds, October 2000-August 2001
  3. Bar plot showing summary of human-health pharmaceutical compounds detected in water samples collected from Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona, and Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, October 2000-August 2001
  4. Plots showing physical properties measured at sample-collection sites for analyses of human-health pharmaceutical compounds, Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona, and Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, October 2000-August 2001

TABLES

  1. Human-health pharmaceutical compounds targeted by chemical analyses of water samples collected from Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona, and Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, October 2000-August 2001
  2. Information for sites used to collect water samples for analyses of human-health pharmaceutical compounds, Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona, and Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, October 2000-August 2001
  3. Summary of human-health pharmaceutical compound concentrations detected in water samples collected from Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona, and Las Vegas Wash below Lake Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2000-August 2001
  4. Human-health pharmaceutical compound concentrations in water samples collected from Lake Mead, Nevada and Arizona, and Las Vegas Wash, Nevada, October 2000-August 2001
  5. Physical properties measured concurrently with water samples collected for analyses of human-health pharmaceutical compounds, Las Vegas Wash below Lake Las Vegas, Nevada, October 2000-August 2001

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