Contribution of hospital effluents to the load of pharmaceuticals in urban wastewaters: identification of ecologically relevant pharmaceuticals.

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Published in Sci Total Environ on June 01, 2013

Authors

Lúcia H M L M Santos1, Meritxell Gros, Sara Rodriguez-Mozaz, Cristina Delerue-Matos, Angelina Pena, Damià Barceló, M Conceição B S M Montenegro

Author Affiliations

1: REQUIMTE, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira 228, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal.

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