Sewage epidemiology - A real-time approach to estimate the consumption of illicit drugs in Brussels, Belgium

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 612-621

  van Nuijs, Alexander L N ^a   Mougel, Jean François ^b   Tarcomnicu, Isabela ^a   Bervoets, Lieven ^a   Blust, Ronny ^a   Jorens, Philippe G ^a   Neels, Hugo ^a,c   Covaci, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Aquiris Wastewater Treatment Plant Brussels North   (Belgium)

^c Stuivenberg General Hospital   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Illicit drugs; Influent wastewater; Inhabitants; Metabolites; Sewage epidemiology

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; DRUG PRODUCTS; METABOLITES; RUNOFF; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BELGIUM; ILLICIT DRUG; INFLUENT WASTEWATERS; INHABITANTS; SEWAGE EPIDEMIOLOGIES;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHADONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DRUGS TRADE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; METABOLITE; REAL TIME; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CATCHMENT; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; METABOLITE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; TRANSPORT KINETICS; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER SAMPLING;

BELGIUM; BRUSSELS [BELGIUM];

EID: 79951558085     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.12.006     Document Type: Article

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