Antibiotic pollution threatens public health in China

The Lancet

Volumn 385, Issue 9970, 2015, Pages 773-774

  Huang, Ruixue ^a   Ding, Ping ^a   Huang, Dequn ^b   Yang, Fei ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHUZHOU CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 AMINOPENICILANIC ACID; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; SURFACE WATER; TAP WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; DRINKING WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHINA; DRUG INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHINA; DRINKING WATER; HUMANS; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84925581745     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)60437-8     Document Type: Letter

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