Standardized tests fail to assess the effects of antibiotics on environmental bacteria

Water Research

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2111-2116

  Kümmerer, Klaus ^a   Alexy, Radka ^a   Hüttig, Jana ^a   Schöll, Alice ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Environmental risk assessment (ERA); Guideline OECD 209; Pharmaceutical; Respiration inhibition test; Sludge bacteria

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; DATA ACQUISITION; DISINFECTANTS; DRUG PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE SLUDGE; TOXICITY;

CYTOTOXICS; ECOLOGICAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL ORGANISMS;

ANTIBIOTICS;

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BENZALKONIUM CHLORIDE; CARBOPLATIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORTETRACYCLINE; CISPLATIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; DISINFECTANT AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHACRIDINE; FLUOROURACIL; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; MONENSIN; NYSTATIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G SODIUM; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; POLLUTION MONITORING; RESPIRATION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM; BREATHING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; STANDARDIZATION; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 1942517950     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2004.02.004     Document Type: Article

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