A pilot study for the assessment of pharmaceuticals as water contaminants;Un primo contributo alla problematica dei farmaci come contaminanti delle acque

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 333-342

  Bottoni, Paola ^a   Fidente, Rosanna ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Metabolites; Pharmaceuticals; Surface water; Water contamination

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALLOPURINOL; AMOXICILLIN; ATENOLOL; ATORVASTATIN; CELECOXIB; CIMETIDINE; CLARITHROMYCIN; DICLOFENAC; DIETHYLCARBAMAZINE; DILTIAZEM; DOXAZOSIN; ENALAPRIL; ERYTHROMYCIN; FERROUS SULFATE; FLUTICASONE; GLICLAZIDE; IBUPROFEN; MEBEVERINE; MEFENAMIC ACID; MESALAZINE; METFORMIN; NAPROXEN; OMEPRAZOLE; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PARACETAMOL; PENICILLIN V; SALAZOSULFAPYRIDINE; SIMVASTATIN; VALPROIC ACID;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SPECIES HABITAT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DRUG RESIDUES; HUMANS; ITALY; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK; SEWAGE; SOLUBILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 33646887596     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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