National study of illicit drug use in Slovakia based on wastewater analysis

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 494-495, Issue , 2014, Pages 158-165

  Mackulˇak, Tomáš ^a   Sˇkubák, Jaroslav ^a   Grabic, Roman ^b   Ryba, Jozef ^a   Birošová, Lucia ^a   Fedorova, Ganna ^b   Sˇpalková, Viera ^a   Bodík, Igor ^a  

^a SLOVAK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Drug monitoring; Methamphetamine; Sewage biomarker analysis; Slovakia; Wastewater; Wastewater treatment plant

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; PATIENT MONITORING; SEWAGE; SEWAGE PUMPING PLANTS; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

COCAINE CONSUMPTION; CONSUMPTION RATES; DRUG MONITORING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY COUPLED WITH TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRIES; METHAMPHETAMINE; SLOVAKIA; WASTEWATER ANALYSIS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; BENZOYLECGONINE; CANNABIS; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; METHAMPHETAMINE; STREET DRUG; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOMARKER; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DRUGS TRADE; FESTIVAL; METABOLITE; MUSIC; SEWAGE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MISUSE; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; RECREATION; SLOVAKIA; SUBSTANCE USE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; WASTE WATER; WATER ANALYSIS; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; WATER POLLUTANT;

SLOVAKIA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SLOVAKIA; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84904887673     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.06.089     Document Type: Article

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