Population drug use in Australia: A wastewater analysis

Forensic Science International

Volumn 210, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 69-73

  Irvine, Rodney J ^a   Kostakis, Chris ^b   Felgate, Peter D ^b   Jaehne, Emily J ^a   Chen, Chang ^a   White, Jason M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Benzoylecgonine; Cocaine; Geographical drug monitoring; MDMA; Methamphetamine; Wastewater analysis

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG ABUSE PATTERN; DRUG MONITORING; EUROPE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 79959551168     PISSN: 03790738     EISSN: 18726283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.forsciint.2011.01.037     Document Type: Article

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