Flows of active pharmaceutical ingredients originating from health care practices on a local, regional, and nationwide level in Germany-is hospital effluent treatment an effective approach for risk reduction?

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution: Focus

Volumn 8, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 457-471

  Schuster, A ^a   Hadrich C ^a   Kummerer K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hospital; Household; Medicine; Pharmaceutical; Source; Substance flow

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; DRUG; FLOW MODELING; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

APIS;

EID: 55149095715     PISSN: 15677230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11267-008-9183-9     Document Type: Article

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