Importance of anthropogenic metals in hospital and urban wastewater: Its significance for the environment

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1220-1224

  Goullé, Jean Pierre ^a,b   Saussereau, Elodie ^a   Mahieu, Loïc ^a   Cellier, Dominique ^c   Spiroux, Joël ^d   Guerbet, Michel ^b  

^a LE HAVRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Envtl   (France)

^c UFR des Sciences et Techniques Mont Saint Aignan   (France)

^d Union Régionale des Médecins Libéraux ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic metals; ICP MS; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC METALS; HOSPITAL WASTEWATER; ICP-MS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; TREATMENT PLANTS; URBAN WASTEWATER;

GADOLINIUM; HOSPITALS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL DRAWING; PLATINUM; WASTEWATER;

METALS;

METAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; HOSPITAL; RIVER; SEWAGE; STATISTICS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; HOSPITALS; METALS; RIVERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84870863253     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-012-0829-y     Document Type: Article

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