Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water

Handbook of Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages 47-70

  Jelić, Aleksandra ^a   Petrović, Mira ^b,c   Barceló, Damià ^a,b,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b CATALAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH ICRA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Drinking water; Occurrence; Pharmaceuticals; Removal

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001810080     PISSN: 1867979X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/698_2011_133     Document Type: Chapter

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