Analysis of drugs of abuse in wastewater from two Canadian cities

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 722-730

  Yargeau, Viviane ^a   Taylor, Bryanne ^b   Li, Hongxia ^b   Rodayan, Angela ^a   Metcalfe, Chris D ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Amphetamines; Cocaine; Illicit drugs; Opioids; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

DRUG DOSAGE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POPULATION STATISTICS; WASTEWATER;

AMPHETAMINES; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; OPIOIDS; POLAR ORGANIC CHEMICAL INTEGRATIVE SAMPLER (POCIS); TIME-WEIGHTED AVERAGE CONCENTRATIONS; UNTREATED WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER ANALYSIS;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; EPHEDRINE; KETAMINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; OXYCODONE; TRAMADOL;

BIOFOULING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DRUG PRESCRIBING; METABOLITE; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFOULING; CANADA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG TRAFFIC; POPULATION SIZE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS;

CANADA;

AMPHETAMINES; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUGS; OPIOIDS; WASTEWATER;

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

EID: 84900819739     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.11.094     Document Type: Article

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