Comments on "Human health risk assessment of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in plant tissue due to biosolids and manure amendments, and wastewater irrigation"

Environment International

Volumn 82, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-112

  Malchi, Tomer ^a   Maor, Yehoshua ^a   Chefetz, Benny ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUND; COSMETIC; PHARMACEUTICALS AND PERSONAL CARE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG; MANURE; SOIL POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER;

ANALYTICAL ERROR; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOSOLID; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LETTER; MANURE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL AMENDMENT; WASTE WATER; WASTEWATER IRRIGATION; WATER AND WATER RELATED PHENOMENA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; PLANT; SOIL POLLUTANT;

COSMETICS; HUMANS; MANURE; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; PLANTS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84937801489     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.03.014     Document Type: Letter

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