Occurrence and ecological risk assessment of pharmaceutically active compounds in neotropical small basins, Brazil
Ocorrência e avaliação de risco ecológicos de compostos farmaceuticamente ativos em pequenas bacias neotropicais, Brasil
Alessandro Minillo; William Deodato Isique; Claudia Andrea Lima Cardoso; Yzel Rondon Súarez
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Submitted date:
10/21/2022
Accepted date:
04/06/2023
Publication date:
05/23/2023