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Antibiotic contamination in a typical water-rich city in southeast China: a concern for drinking water resource safety

Xinyan GuoNanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Nanjing, China; ;Key Laboratory of Pesticide Environmental Assessment and Pollution Control, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, Nanjing, China; View further author information
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Lv XiaojunAppraisal Center for Environment & Engineering, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Beijing, China; View further author information
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Aiguo ZhangNanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Nanjing, China; View further author information
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Zheng YanChinese Society for Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China; View further author information
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Siyi ChenNanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, ChinaView further author information
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Na WangNanjing Institute of Environmental Science, Ministry of Environmental Protection, Nanjing, China; ;Key Laboratory of Pesticide Environmental Assessment and Pollution Control, Ministry of Environmental Protection of China, Nanjing, China; Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 193-209 | Published online: 28 Oct 2019

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