Testing wastewater to detect illicit drugs: State of the art, potential and research needs

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 613-620

  Castiglioni, Sara ^a   Thomas, Kevin V ^b   Kasprzyk Hordern, Barbara ^c   Vandam, Liesbeth ^d   Griffiths, Paul ^d  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c University of Bath Claverton Down   (United Kingdom)

^d EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Epidemiological indicators; Human metabolic residues; Illicit drug use; Public health; Wastewater analysis

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION USE; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

FUTURE CHALLENGES; HUMAN METABOLIC RESIDUES; ILLICIT DRUG; MONITORING PATTERNS; MULTI-INDICATOR SYSTEMS; SYSTEMATIC EVALUATION; TEMPORAL AND SPATIAL; WASTEWATER ANALYSIS;

DRUG PRODUCTS;

ILLICIT DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS;

EUROPE;

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

EID: 84900844454     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.10.034     Document Type: Article

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