Systemic risk governance for pharmaceutical residues in drinking water

GAIA - Ecological Perspectives for Science and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 355-361

  Keil, Florian ^a   Beckmann, Gotthard ^b   Kümmerer, Klaus ^c   Schramm, Engelbert ^a  

^a Institute for Social Ecological Research ISOE   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Drug development; Health care system; Pharmaceutical; Precautionary principle; Risk governance; Systemic risk; Urban water management

Indexed keywords

EID: 57849086772     PISSN: 09405550     EISSN: 26255413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14512/gaia.17.4.10     Document Type: Review

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