Anticancer drugs in the aquatic ecosystem: Environmental occurrence, ecotoxicological effect and risk assessment
Anticancer drugs are a group of therapeutic agents used to enhance cell death in targeted cell types of neoplasia. Because of frequent use and eventual discharge, they have been often detected in wastewater from pharmaceutical factories and hospitals, domestic wastewater, and surface waters. The occ...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-08-01
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Series: | Environment International |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412021001689 |