Pharmaceutical management through environmental product labeling in Sweden

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 775-777

  Wennmalm, Åke ^a   Gunnarsson, Bo ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM COUNTY COUNCIL   (Sweden)

^b Apoteket AB   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Drug legislation; Environment; Hazard assessment; Human drugs; Risk assessment; Sewage water

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISMS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOHAZARDS; HAZARDS; HEALTH CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE;

ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTS; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HUMAN DRUGS; PREDICTED ENVIRONMENTAL CONCENTRATIONS; PREDICTED NO-EFFECT CONCENTRATIONS; SEWAGE WATER;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ATENOLOL; CETIRIZINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CODEINE; DICLOFENAC; FUROSEMIDE; IBUPROFEN; KETOPROFEN; LOSARTAN; METOPROLOL; NAPROXEN; PARACETAMOL; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRAMADOL;

ANTHROPOGENIC SOURCE; BIOACCUMULATION; CLASSIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE; LEGISLATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG LEGISLATION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 67349128006     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.12.008     Document Type: Article

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