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Introduction: Pharmaceuticals in the Environment

  • Kümmerer K
Springer Berlin Heidelberg, (2001), 1-8
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-662-04634-0_1
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Abstract

Drugs and their metabolites, once reached and spread over the soil and the aquatic environment, then exert their action on the living organisms belonging to such ecosystems. The present work provides a brief view on the main scientific experiences regarding the problem of the presence of drugs and/or their residues in the environment and of the related effects on the biokenosis and the human community.

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Kümmerer, K. (2001). Introduction: Pharmaceuticals in the Environment. In Pharmaceuticals in the Environment (pp. 1–8). Springer Berlin Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04634-0_1

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