Illicit and pharmaceutical drug consumption estimated via wastewater analysis. Part B: Placing back-calculations in a formal statistical framework

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 642-650

  Jones, Hayley E ^a   Hickman, Matthew ^a   Kasprzyk Hordern, Barbara ^b   Welton, Nicky J ^a   Baker, David R ^c   Ades, A E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^c Waters Mass Spectrometry Center   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bayesian modelling; Illicit drugs; Monte carlo simulation; Sewage epidemiology; Uncertainty propagation

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; ESTIMATION; METABOLITES; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SEWAGE;

ACCURACY AND PRECISION; BAYESIAN MODELLING; ILLICIT DRUG; MARKOV CHAIN MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; ROBUST ANALYTICAL METHODS; SEWAGE EPIDEMIOLOGIES; STATISTICAL FRAMEWORK; UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

BENZOYLECGONINE; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DRUG; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MARKOV CHAIN; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; DRUG USE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; SEWAGE; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT;

UNITED KINGDOM;

BAYESIAN MODELLING; ILLICIT DRUGS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; SEWAGE EPIDEMIOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY PROPAGATION;

BAYES THEOREM; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; SEWAGE; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84900833532     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.02.101     Document Type: Article

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