Psychiatric Pharmaceuticals as Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Silva, Bruna (Συγγραφέας), Costa, Filomena (Συγγραφέας), Neves, Isabel C. (Συγγραφέας), Tavares, Teresa (Συγγραφέας)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in Molecular Science,
• Θέματα: Chemistry.; Water quality.; Water pollution.; Drug resistance.; Chemical engineering.; Aquatic ecology.; Environmental chemistry.; Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering.; Water Quality/Water Pollution.; Environmental Chemistry.; Freshwater & Marine Ecology.; Drug Resistance.

This book describes how psychiatric pharmaceuticals, namely antidepressants, anxiolytics, sedatives and hypnotics are among the most prescribed active substances due to the higher occurrence of psychiatric disorders throughout the world. It goes on to demonstrate how patients’ excretion of the activ...