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Record Nr.

UNINA9910800172203321

Titolo

Wastewater and public health : bacterial and pharmaceutical exposures / / edited by Victor M. Monsalvo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oakville, Ontario : , : Apple Academic Press, , [2016]

©2016

ISBN

0-429-15400-3

1-77188-165-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 p.)

Disciplina

628.4/3

Soggetti

Drugs - Environmental aspects

Bacterial pollution of water

Water - Microbiology

Water - Pollution

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. Disease exposure -- Part II. Antibiotic resistance -- Part III. Pharmaceutical and hormone exposure.

Sommario/riassunto

This compendium volume is an indispensable source of information on the ways in which wastewater can impact public health. The editor, a well-respected expert in his field, has collected the most recent and pertinent investigations into this serious issue. Included are studies involving: The presence of various human enteric viruses in wastewater, which reach the public through drinking and daily use water, agriculture, and through fishing waters  Antibiotic resistance produced by genetic changes in wastewater bacterial communities, affecting both human and animal health  The presence of antid