Contamination by pharmaceuticals: The evidences;Inquinamento da farmaci: Le evidenze (parte I)

Ricerca e Pratica

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 67-73

  Zuccato, Ettore ^a   Castiglioni, Sara ^a   Fanelli, Roberto ^a   Bagnati, Renzo ^a  

^a Dipartimento Ambiente e Salute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analysis; Drug; Ecotoxicology; Environment; Sewage treatment plant; Surface water; Waste water

Indexed keywords

SURFACE WATER;

CONTAMINATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 34247887539     PISSN: 1120379X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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