Landfill disposal of unused medicines reduces surface water releases

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 142-154

  Tischler, Lial ^a   Buzby, Mary ^b   Finan, Douglas S ^c   Cunningham, Virginia L ^d  

^a Tischler/Kocurek   (United States)

^b MERCK RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

^d Sustainability Sciences LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Landfill leachate; Landfills; Pharmaceuticals; POTW discharges; Surface water discharges; Unused medicines

Indexed keywords

DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SEWAGE; STATISTICS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SEWAGE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878386514     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.1311     Document Type: Article

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