A systematic evaluation of the resource consumption of active pharmaceutical ingredient production at three different levels

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3040-3046

  Van Der Vorst, Geert ^a   Dewulf, Jo ^a   Aelterman, Wim ^b   De Witte, Bruno ^b   Van Langenhove, Herman ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b JANSSEN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENTS; ALZHEIMER; CALCULATION TOOLS; GATE LEVELS; IMPACT VALUE; LIMITED DATA; MASS AND ENERGY BALANCE; PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTION; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PRODUCTION PROCESS; PRODUCTION TECHNIQUES; RESOURCE CONSUMPTION; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; RESOURCE EVALUATION; SECOND GENERATION; SYSTEM BOUNDARY; SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION; USERS' INTERESTS;

DRUG PRODUCTS; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; EXERGY; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ACTIVE PHARMACEUTICAL INGREDIENT; DRUG; GALANTAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DRUG; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EXERGY; EXPLOITATION; THERMODYNAMICS; VALUATION;

ARTICLE; DOSE CALCULATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; ENERGY BALANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GLACIAL MASS BALANCE; QUALITY CONTROL; THERMODYNAMICS;

CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 79953239689     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1015907     Document Type: Article

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