Modeling of hospital wastewater pollution by pharmaceuticals: First results of Mediflux study carried out in three French hospitals

Water Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2912-2919

  Mullot, J U ^a   Karolak, S ^a   Fontova, A ^a   Levi, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Hospital; Modeling; Pharmaceuticals; Quantification; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

2002/657/EC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BOX MODELS; DRUG LOAD; EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE; HOSPITAL EFFLUENT; HOSPITAL WASTEWATER; HUMAN METABOLISMS; MODELING; OUT-PATIENTS; PHARMACEUTICALS; PHARMACOKINETIC DATA; PRIORITIZATION; QUANTIFICATION; SAMPLING CAMPAIGNS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

ASTATINE; DRUG PRODUCTS; EFFLUENTS; METABOLISM; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

HOSPITALS;

ANESTHETIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

DRUG; EFFLUENT; HOSPITAL SECTOR; METABOLISM; NUMERICAL MODEL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DRUG INDUSTRY; EFFLUENT; FRANCE; HALF LIFE TIME; POLLUTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

FRANCE; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL WASTE; MEDICAL WASTE DISPOSAL; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 78751547466     PISSN: 02731223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2166/wst.2010.986     Document Type: Article

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