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Pharmaceutical Pollutants

Pharmaceutical Pollutants is a class of anthropogenic chemical contaminants originating from pharmaceutical substances that enter aquatic environments through human or veterinary use and subsequent incomplete removal, distinguished from other marine pollutants by their bioactive molecular design intended for therapeutic physiological effects.

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2017–2026

558

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Pharmaceuticals, Hormones, and Other Organic Wastewater Contaminants in U.S. Streams, 1999−2000:  A National Reconnaissance

Dana W. Kolpin, Edward T. Furlong, Michael T. Meyer et al. · Environmental Science & Technology · 2002 · 7.9K citations

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Pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in the freshwater aquatic environment

Anekwe Jennifer Ebele, Mohamed Abou‐Elwafa Abdallah, Stuart Harrad · Emerging contaminants · 2017 · 2K citations · Full text

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Environmental risk assessment of pharmaceutical residues in wastewater effluents, surface waters and sediments

Marı́a Dolores Hernando, Milagros Mezcúa, A FERNANDEZALBA et al. · Talanta · 2005 · 1.7K citations

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Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers

John L. Wilkinson, Alistair B.A. Boxall, Dana W. Kolpin et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2022 · 1.5K citations · Full text

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Occurrence and removal of pharmaceuticals and endocrine disruptors in South Korean surface, drinking, and waste waters

Sang D. Kim, Jaeweon Cho, In S. Kim et al. · Water Research · 2006 · 1.4K citations

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  1. ‪B
    ‪Damià Barceló

    Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Spain

    21 publications · 5.1K citations

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  2. BW
    Bin Wang

    Tsinghua University, China

    13 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. GY
    Gang Yu

    Tsinghua University, China

    13 publications · 1.1K citations

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  4. AB
    Alistair B.A. Boxall

    University of York, United Kingdom

    10 publications · 2.1K citations

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  5. JF
    Jerker Fick

    Umeå University, Sweden

    10 publications · 2.5K citations

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Institutions

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  1. Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research

    Barcelona, Spain

    25 h-index

    71 publications

    10.2K citations

  2. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    22 h-index

    121 publications

    11.8K citations

  3. Catalan Institute for Water Research

    Girona, Spain

    20 h-index

    45 publications

    6.8K citations

  4. Universitat de Girona

    Girona, Spain

    17 h-index

    39 publications

    5.4K citations

  5. Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

    17 h-index

    89 publications

    7.6K citations

  6. United States Geological Survey

    Reston, United States

    15 h-index

    61 publications

    67.6K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    15 h-index

    58 publications

    7.9K citations

  8. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    13 h-index

    30 publications

    15.2K citations

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  1. The Science of The Total Environment

    100 publications · 16.8K citations

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  2. Chemosphere

    48 publications · 7.1K citations

    38

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  3. Environmental Science & Technology

    32 publications · 14.7K citations

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  4. Environmental Science and Pollution Research

    ESPR · 42 publications · 2.8K citations

    30

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  5. Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

    29 publications · 4.2K citations

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