Reassessing the risks of Tamiflu use during a pandemic to the Lower Colorado River

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Singer, Andrew C ^a   Johnson, Andrew C ^a   Anderson, Paul D ^b   Snyder, Shane A ^c  

^a CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^b AMEC FOSTER WHEELER   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN NEVADA WATER AUTHORITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 ACETAMIDO 5 AMINO 3 (1 ETHYLPROPOXY) 1 CYCLOHEXENE 1 CARBOXYLIC ACID; OSELTAMIVIR;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; BIODEGRADABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; HYDROLOGY; INFLUENZA; INFLUENZA VIRUS; LETTER; PANDEMIC; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; VIRUS RESISTANCE; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER FLOW; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY;

ANTIVIRAL AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; HUMANS; INFLUENZA, HUMAN; MEXICO; OSELTAMIVIR; RIVERS; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 46749109679     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11407     Document Type: Letter

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