City-wide drug testing using municipal wastewater: A new tool for drug epidemiology

Significance

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 70-74

  Banta Green, Caleb ^a   Field, Jennifer ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79958295873     PISSN: 17409705     EISSN: 17409713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-9713.2011.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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