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Changes in drug use in European cities during early COVID-19 lockdowns ? A snapshot from wastewater analysis
Elsevier (2021-03-26)The COVID-19 outbreak has forced countries to introduce severe restrictive measures to contain its spread. In particular, physical distancing and restriction of movement have had important consequences on human behaviour ... -
Comparison of pharmaceutical, illicit drug, alcohol, nicotine and caffeine levels in wastewater with sale, seizure and consumption data for 8 European cities
BioMed Central (2016)Background: Monitoring the scale of pharmaceuticals, illicit and licit drugs consumption is important to assess the needs of law enforcement and public health, and provides more information about the different trends within ...
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Comparison of phosphodiesterase type V inhibitors use in eight European cities through analysis of urban wastewater
Elsevier (2018-06)In this work a step forward in investigating the use of prescription drugs, namely erectile dysfunction products, at European level was taken by applying the wastewater-based epidemiology approach. 24-h composite samples ... -
Drug use by music festival attendees: A novel triangulation approach using self-reported data and test results of oral fluid and pooled urine samples
Taylor & Francis (2019)Background: Self-reported data are commonly used when investigating illicit substance use. However, self-reports have well-known limitations such as limited recall and socially desirable responding. Mislabeling or ...
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Enantiomeric profiling of chiral illicit drugs in a pan-European study
Elsevier (2018)The aim of this paper is to present the first study on spatial and temporal variation in the enantiomeric profile of chiral drugs in eight European cities. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) and enantioselective analysis ...
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Estimation of caffeine intake from analysis of caffeine metabolites in wastewater
Elsevier (2017-12)Caffeine metabolites in wastewater were investigated as potential biomarkers for assessing caffeine intake in a population. The main human urinary metabolites of caffeine were measured in the urban wastewater of ten European ...
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Improving wastewater-based epidemiology to estimate cannabis use: focus on the initial aspects of the analytical procedure
Elsevier (2017-10-02)estimating drug use by the general population, based on the quantitative analysis of specific human metabolites of illicit drugs in urban wastewater. Cannabis is the most commonly used illicit drug and of high interest for ...
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Increased levels of the oxidative stress biomarker 8-iso-prostaglandin F2α in wastewater associated with tobacco use
Nature Publishing Group (2016)Wastewater analysis has been demonstrated to be a complementary approach for assessing the overall patterns of drug use by a population while the full potential of wastewater-based epidemiology has yet to be explored. ...
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Influent wastewater analysis to investigate emerging trends of new psychoactive substances use in Europe
Elsevier (2024-01-27)Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) can provide objective and timely information on the use of new psychoactive substances (NPS), originally designed as legal alternatives of internationally controlled drugs. NPS have ...
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International snapshot of new psychoactive substance use: Case study of eight countries over the 2019/2020 new year period
Elsevier (2021-02-03)There is considerable concern around the use of new psychoactive substances (NPS), but still little is known about how much they are really consumed. Analysis by forensics laboratories of seized drugs and post-mortem samples ...
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Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry determination of synthetic cathinones and phenethylamines in influent wastewater of eight European cities
Elsevier (2017-02)The popularity of new psychoactive substances (NPS) has grown in recent years, with certain NPS commonly and preferentially consumed even following the introduction of preventative legislation. With the objective to improve ...
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Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry determination of synthetic cathinones and phenethylamines in influent wastewater of eight European cities
Elsevier (2017)The popularity of new psychoactive substances (NPS) has grown in recent years, with certain NPS commonly and preferentially consumed even following the introduction of preventative legislation. With the objective to improve ...
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Monitoring psychoactive substance use at six European festivals through wastewater and pooled urine analysis
Elsevier (2020-07-10)The consumption of psychoactive substances is considered a growing problem in many communities. Moreover, new psychoactive substances (NPS) designed as (legal) substitutes to traditional illicit drugs are relatively easily ...
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Multi-year interlaboratory exercises for the analysis of illicit drugs and metabolites in wastewater: development of a quality control system
Elsevier (2018)This study presents the development of a worldwide inter-laboratory testing scheme for the analysis of seven illicit drug residues in different matrices (standard solutions, tap- and wastewater). By repeating this exercise ...
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Spatio‐temporal assessment of illicit drug use at large scale: evidence from 7 years of international wastewater monitoring
Wiley (2020-01)Background and aims: Wastewater‐based epidemiology is an additional indicator of drug use that is gaining reliability to complement the current established panel of indicators. The aims of this study were to: (i) assess ...
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Wastewater-based epidemiology to assess pan-European pesticide exposure
Elsevier (2017)Human biomonitoring, i.e. the determination of chemicals and/or their metabolites in human specimens, is the most common and potent tool for assessing human exposure to pesticides, but it suffers from limitations such as ...
