Illicit drugs in wastewater of the city of Zagreb (Croatia) - Estimation of drug abuse in a transition country

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 2686-2693

  Terzic, Senka ^a   Senta, Ivan ^a   Ahel, Marijan ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Drug consumption; Illicit drugs; LC MS MS; Municipal wastewater; Therapeutic opiates

Indexed keywords

DRUG CONSUMPTION; ILLICIT DRUG; LC-MS-MS; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; THERAPEUTIC OPIATES;

MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; METHADONE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID; STREET DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

DRUG; ESTIMATION METHOD; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CROATIA; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANALYSIS; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; SEWAGE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

AMPHETAMINES; CANNABINOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CITIES; COCAINE; CROATIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HEROIN; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING;

CROATIA; ZAGREB;

CANNABIS SATIVA;

EID: 77958177665     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.04.020     Document Type: Article

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