Psychiatric Pharmaceuticals as Emerging Contaminants in Wastewater

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Silva, Bruna (Autor), Costa, Filomena (Autor), Neves, Isabel C. (Autor), Tavares, Teresa (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edición:1st ed. 2015.
Colección:SpringerBriefs in Green Chemistry for Sustainability,
Temas:
Chemistry, Technical.
Water.
Hydrology.
Environmental chemistry.
Freshwater ecology.
Marine ecology.
Medical microbiology.
Industrial Chemistry.
Environmental Chemistry.
Freshwater and Marine Ecology.
Medical Microbiology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Pharmaceuticals in the environment: case study of psychiatric drugs
  • Removal of psychiatric drugs in water treatment systems
  • Analytical methods for the quantification of pharmaceuticals
  • Green pharmaceuticals.

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