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Residues of active pharmaceutical ingredients may pollute the environment with potential effects on human safety

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Residues of active pharmaceutical ingredients may pollute the environment with potential effects on human safety. Drugs Ther. Perspect 25, 25–26 (2009). https://doi.org/10.2165/0042310-200925070-00008

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