Can cocaine use be evaluated through analysis of wastewater? A nation-wide approach conducted in Belgium

Addiction

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 734-741

  Van Nuijs, Alexander L N ^a   Pecceu, Bert ^a   Theunis, Laetitia ^b   Dubois, Nathalie ^b   Charlier, Corinne ^b   Jorens, Philippe G ^a   Bervoets, Lieven ^a   Blust, Ronny ^a   Meulemans, Herman ^a   Neels, Hugo ^a,c   Covaci, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^c ZNA Stuivenberg   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Benzoylecgonine; Cocaine use; National survey; Prevalence; Sewage epidemiology; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; ECGONINE METHYL ESTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; SOCIOLOGY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINARY EXCRETION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER SAMPLING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BELGIUM; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; COCAINE; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NARCOTICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 64149093562     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2009.02523.x     Document Type: Article

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