Occurrence, sources and fate of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in the groundwater: A review

Emerging Contaminants

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 14-24

  Sui, Qian ^a   Cao, Xuqi ^a   Lu, Shuguang ^a   Zhao, Wentao ^b   Qiu, Zhaofu ^a   Yu, Gang ^c  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Biodegradation; Groundwater; Migration; Occurrence; Pharmaceuticals and personal care products; Source

Indexed keywords

EID: 84973618541     PISSN: 24056650     EISSN: 24056642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emcon.2015.07.001     Document Type: Review

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