Peering into dirty waters: The potential and implications of a new approach to monitoring drug consumption

Addiction

Volumn 103, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1239-1241

  Frost, Norbert ^a   Griffiths, Paul ^a   Fanelli, Roberto ^b  

^a EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION   (Portugal)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Analytical chemistry; Drug detection; Drug monitoring; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; MORPHINE; MORPHINE DERIVATIVE;

DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG MONITORING; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHICS; METHODOLOGY; POLITICS; URINARY EXCRETION; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS;

DRUG RESIDUES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 47549119719     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02204.x     Document Type: Editorial

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