Wastewater-based epidemiology of stimulant drugs: Functional data analysis compared to traditional statistical methods

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Salvatore, Stefania ^a   Bramness, Jørgen Gustav ^a   Reid, Malcolm J ^b   Thomas, Kevin Victor ^b   Harman, Christopher ^b   Røislien, Jo ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c Institute of Basic Medical Sciences   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; AMPHETAMINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; MIDOMAFETAMINE; SEWAGE; STREET DRUG; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG LOAD; DRUG UTILIZATION; EUROPEAN; FUNCTIONAL DATA ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREDICTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEWAGE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WASTE WATER; WASTEWATER BASED EPIDEMIOLOGY; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICAL MODEL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WATER POLLUTANT;

AMPHETAMINE; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEWAGE; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84947474714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138669     Document Type: Article

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