A novel approach for monitoring tobacco use in local communities by wastewater analysis

Tobacco Control

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 38-42

  Castiglioni, Sara ^a   Senta, Ivan ^b   Borsotti, Andrea ^a   Davoli, Enrico ^a   Zuccato, Ettore ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTININE; HYDROXYCOTININE; NICOTINE; WASTE WATER;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; PROCEDURES; SMOKING; TOBACCO; URINE; WASTE WATER;

COTININE; HUMANS; ITALY; NICOTINE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SMOKING; TOBACCO PRODUCTS; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84916904147     PISSN: 09644563     EISSN: 14683318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2014-051553     Document Type: Article

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