Use of illicit stimulant drugs in Finland: A wastewater study in ten major cities

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 696-702

  Kankaanpää, Aino ^a   Ariniemi, Kari ^a   Heinonen, Mari ^b   Kuoppasalmi, Kimmo ^a   Gunnar, Teemu ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b Department of Water Treatment   (Finland)

Author keywords

Drug consumption; Finland; Illicit drugs; Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry; MDPV; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTEWATER;

DRUG CONSUMPTION; FINLAND; ILLICIT DRUG; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; MDPV;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

DRUG; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TOXICOLOGY; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG USE; FINLAND; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

FINLAND;

DRUG CONSUMPTION; FINLAND; ILLICIT DRUGS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY-TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; MDPV; WASTEWATER;

CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FINLAND; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84900789449     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.095     Document Type: Article

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