Cocaine and heroin in waste water plants: A 1-year study in the city of Florence, Italy

Forensic Science International

Volumn 189, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 88-92

  Mari, Francesco ^a   Politi, Lucia ^a   Biggeri, Annibale ^a,b   Accetta, Gabriele ^b   Trignano, Claudia ^c   Di Padua, Marianna ^a   Bertol, Elisabetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Clinical and Descriptive Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

1 year study; Illicit drugs; Waste water

Indexed keywords

BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; MORPHINE;

ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG TRAFFIC; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; ITALY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

COCAINE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HEROIN; HUMANS; ITALY; MORPHINE; NARCOTICS; SEASONS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER;

EID: 67349088000     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2009.04.018     Document Type: Article

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