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Table 2. Concentrations of the target pharmaceuticals found in the rivers of this study and other regions/countries reported in the literature.

Compound	Concentration range (ng/L)	Mean concentration (ng/L)	Region/Country	Reference
AZM	n.d.-67	17^a	This study
	n.d.-24	4	Rivers adjacent to Jiaozhou Bay, China	18
	n.d.-1620	n.a.	Barcelona, Spain	12
CLM	n.d.-48	12^a	This study
	n.d.-85	11	Rivers adjacent to Jiaozhou Bay, China	18
	2-21	n.a.	Barcelona, Spain	12
STZ	n.d.-56	9^a	This study
STZ	LOQ-2	n.a.	Alzette and Mess rivers, Luxembourg	30
TMP	3–26	8^a	This study
	<5–8	<5	England and Wales	31
	2–12	4	Huangpu river, China	13
	n.d.-9	n.a.	Barcelona, Spain	12
IBU	n.d.-195	61^a	This study
	9–2383	n.a.	Alzette and Mess rivers, Luxembourg	30
	LOQ-210	15	Gründlach river, Germany	15
	<LOQ	n.a.	Acheloos River, Greece	14
	<5–36	<5	England and Wales	31
	n.d.-988	n.a.	Barcelona, Spain	12
DCF	n.d.-64	20^a	This study
	LOQ-55	n.a.	Alzette and Mess rivers, Luxembourg	30
	<LOD-51	27	Acheloos River, Greece	14
	<10–76	13	England and Wales	31
	n.d.-380	n.a.	Barcelona, Spain	12
CLF	n.d.-299	36^a	This study
	105–168	142	Acheloos River, Greece	14
	n.d.-8	n.a.	Barcelona, Spain	12
	<LOD-107	44	Lobregat river basin, Barcelona, Spain	32
PRC	2–7024	1132^a	This study
	144–305	259	Acheloos River, Greece	14
	<LOD	n.a.	Barcelona, Spain	12
ATL	1–91	12^a	This study
	8–68	18	England and Wales	31
	<LOD	n.a.	Barcelona, Spain	12
PNL	n.d.-9	1^a	This study
	1–8	4	Gruündlach river, Germany	15
	n.d.-9	n.a.	Barcelona, Spain	12
CBZ	1–30	13^a	This study
	92–186	144	Acheloos River, Greece	14
	<1–25	13	England and Wales	31
	2–128	13	Kaveri River, India	33
	n.d.-136.0	n.a.	Barcelona, Spain	12
CAF	66.3–8570.8	1990^a	This study
	37.6–72.2	52	Acheloos River, Greece	14
	54.7–199.0	102	England and Wales	31

Note: n.d.-not detected; n.a.-not available; LOQ-limits of quantification.

^aMean concentrations in this study were calculated using the measured values if above the LOQ, the 1/2 LOQ if <LOQ or 0 if not detected.