Spatial differences and temporal changes in illicit drug use in Europe quantified by wastewater analysis

Addiction

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1338-1352

  Ort, Christoph ^a   van Nuijs, Alexander L N ^b   Berset, Jean Daniel ^c   Bijlsma, Lubertus ^d   Castiglioni, Sara ^e   Covaci, Adrian ^b   de Voogt, Pim ^f,g   Emke, Erik ^f   Fatta Kassinos, Despo ^h   Griffiths, Paul ⁱ   Hernández, Félix ^d   González Mariño, Iria ^j   Grabic, Roman ^k   Kasprzyk Hordern, Barbara ^l   Mastroianni, Nicola ^m   Meierjohann, Axel ⁿ   Nefau, Thomas ^o   Östman, Marcus ^p   Pico, Yolanda ^q   Racamonde, Ines ^j   Reid, Malcolm ^r   Slobodnik, Jaroslav ^s   Terzic, Senka ^t   Thomaidis, Nikolaos ^u   Thomas, Kevin V ^r   more..

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c Water and Soil Protection Laboratory (WSPL)   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^e MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^f KWR WATERCYCLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

ⁱ EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION   (Portugal)

^j UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^k UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^l University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^m INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

ⁿ ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^o UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^p UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^q UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^r NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^s Environmental Institute Slovakia   (Slovakia)

^t RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^u UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

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Author keywords

Amphetamine; Cannabis; Cocaine; Drugs of abuse; Ecstasy; Methamphetamine; Sewage

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABINOID; COCAINE; METHAMPHETAMINE; SEWAGE; STREET DRUG; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMPHETAMINES; CANNABINOIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; COCAINE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HUMANS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHAMPHETAMINE; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEWAGE; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84903883829     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/add.12570     Document Type: Article

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