Prevalence and sunlight photolysis of controlled and chemotherapeutic drugs in aqueous environments

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 187, Issue , 2014, Pages 170-181

  Lin, Angela Yu Chen ^a   Lin, Yen Ching ^a   Lee, Wan Ning ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapeutic drugs; Controlled drugs; Natural attenuation; Occurrence; Sunlight photolysis

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPEUTIC DRUGS; CONTROLLED DRUGS; NATURAL ATTENUATION; OCCURRENCE; SUNLIGHT PHOTOLYSIS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; PHOTOLYSIS; PREVALENCE; SUNLIGHT; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84893613092     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.01.005     Document Type: Article

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