Hospital effluents as a source for platinum in the environment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 179-184

  Kümmerer, Klaus ^a   Helmers, Eckard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Chemisches Institut im Amt fur Umweltschutz   (Germany)

Author keywords

anti neoplastics; hospital sewage; platinum; water pollution

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PLATINUM;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0031590957     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(96)05331-4     Document Type: Article

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