Pharmaceutical pollution of aquatic environment: an emerging and enormous challenge
The global use of pharmaceuticals is on the systematic rise and leads to contamination of surface waters with xenobiotic compounds with a wide range of bioactivity. Waters that receive urban and medical effluents are particularly threatened. The presence of pharmaceuticals in these ecosystems can le...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2017-06-01
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| Series: | Limnological Review |
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| Online Access: | http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/limre.2017.17.issue-2/limre-2017-0010/limre-2017-0010.xml?format=INT |