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Conclusion. / Kümmerer, Klaus.
Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Sources, Fate, Effects and Risks. ed. / Klaus Kümmerer. 2. ed. Berlin: Springer Verlag, 2004. p. 499-503.

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Kümmerer, K 2004, Conclusion. in K Kümmerer (ed.), Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Sources, Fate, Effects and Risks. 2 edn, Springer Verlag, Berlin, pp. 499-503. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09259-0_34

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Kümmerer, K. (2004). Conclusion. In K. Kümmerer (Ed.), Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Sources, Fate, Effects and Risks (2 ed., pp. 499-503). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09259-0_34

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Kümmerer K. Conclusion. In Kümmerer K, editor, Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Sources, Fate, Effects and Risks. 2 ed. Berlin: Springer Verlag. 2004. p. 499-503 doi: 10.1007/978-3-662-09259-0_34

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