Estimation of community-wide drugs use via stereoselective profiling of sewage

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 423, Issue , 2012, Pages 142-150

  Kasprzyk Hordern, Barbara ^a   Baker, David R ^b  

^a University of Bath Claverton Down   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUDDERSFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amphetamines; Chiral; Drugs of abuse; Enantiomeric profiling; Sewage epidemiology; Wastewater analysis

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINES; CHIRAL; DRUGS OF ABUSE; ENANTIOMERIC PROFILING; WASTEWATER ANALYSIS;

CHIRALITY; DISEASES; ENANTIOMERS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION; SEWAGE;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; EPHEDRINE; PSEUDOEPHEDRINE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG PRESCRIBING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESTIMATION METHOD; METABOLISM; SEWAGE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG ABUSE; DRUG USE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEWAGE; STEREOCHEMISTRY; TREND STUDY; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINES; ENGLAND; HUMANS; METHAMPHETAMINE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; SEWAGE; STEREOISOMERISM; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84859008137     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.02.019     Document Type: Article

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