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Environmental Loads and Detection of Pharmaceuticals in Italy

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Pharmaceuticals in the Environment

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Since pharmaceuticals are anthropogenic substances, some of which enter the environment in considerable amounts and with potential toxic effects (Halling-Sørensen et al. 1998), substantial efforts have been made to assess the risk for ecosystems and humans (Henschel et al. 1997).

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  1. Institut für Umweltmedizin und Krankenhaushygiene, Universitätsklinikum Freiburg, Hugstetter Straße 55, D-79106, Freiburg i. Br., Germany

    Klaus Kümmerer

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Zuccato, E., Bagnati, R., Fioretti, F., Natangelo, M., Calamari, D., Fanelli, R. (2001). Environmental Loads and Detection of Pharmaceuticals in Italy. In: Kümmerer, K. (eds) Pharmaceuticals in the Environment. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04634-0_3

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