Pharmaceuticals in Water Supplies

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Pharmaceuticals in Water Supplies. / Kümmerer, Klaus.
Encyclopedia of Water Science. ed. / Stanley W. Trimble; B. A. Stewart; Terry A. Howell. Vol. 2 2. ed. CRC Press, 2007.

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Harvard

Kümmerer, K 2007, Pharmaceuticals in Water Supplies. in SW Trimble, BA Stewart & TA Howell (eds), Encyclopedia of Water Science. 2. edn, vol. 2, CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/NOE0849396274

APA

Kümmerer, K. (2007). Pharmaceuticals in Water Supplies. In S. W. Trimble, B. A. Stewart, & T. A. Howell (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Water Science (2. ed., Vol. 2). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/NOE0849396274

Vancouver

Kümmerer K. Pharmaceuticals in Water Supplies. In Trimble SW, Stewart BA, Howell TA, editors, Encyclopedia of Water Science. 2. ed. Vol. 2. CRC Press. 2007 doi: 10.1201/NOE0849396274

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