Antibiotics as environmental contaminants: Risks and European overview

Hazardous Materials: Types, Risks and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 53-114

  Silva, L J G ^a   Santos, L H M L M ^b   Lino, C M ^a   Araujo A N ^b   Montenegro, M C B S M ^b   Meisel, L ^c   Pena, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c INFARMED)   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Ecotoxicity; Environment; European occurrence; Risk

Indexed keywords

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DOI: None     Document Type: Chapter

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