The fate of antibiotics in environment and its ecotoxicology: A review

Acta Ecologica Sinica

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 265-270

  Wang, Ran ^a   Liu, Tie Zheng ^b   Wang, Tian ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Animal Derived Food Safety   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Environment; Environmental ecotoxicology; Fate

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 32644468360     PISSN: 10000933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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