Occurrence and fate of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Taiwan's aquatic environment

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 32, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 57-64

  Lin, Angela Yu Chen ^a   Tsai, Yu Ting ^a   Yu, Tsung Hsien ^a   Wang, Xiao Huan ^a   Lin, Cheng Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Pharmaceuticals and personal care products; Reverse osmosis; Surface waters; Water reuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052908036     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5004/dwt.2011.2678     Document Type: Article

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