Illicit drugs in Canadian municipal wastewater and estimates of community drug use

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3179-3185

  Metcalfe, Chris ^a   Tindale, Kathryn ^a   Li, Hongxia ^a   Rodayan, Angela ^b   Yargeau, Viviane ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphetamines; Cocaine; Drugs of abuse; Illicit drugs; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINES; BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; DRUGS OF ABUSE; ILLICIT DRUG; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; PRIMARY TREATMENT; UNTREATED WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DRUG PRODUCTS; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

DRUG DOSAGE;

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHAMPHETAMINE;

DRUG; DRUG USER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTE FACILITY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CITY; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG DETERMINATION; DRUG USE; PREVALENCE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

AMPHETAMINE; CANADA; CITIES; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 77958186830     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.07.002     Document Type: Article

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