• openAccess   Assessing geographical differences in illicit drug consumption – A comparison of results from epidemiological and wastewater data in Germany and Switzerland 

      Been, Frederic; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Benaglia, Lisa; Berset, Jean-Daniel; Botero-Coy, Ana Maria; Castiglioni, Sara; Kraus, Ludwig; Zobel, Frank; Schaub, Michael P.; Bücheli, Alexander; Hernandez, Felix; Delémont, Olivier; Esseiva, Pierre; Ort, Christoph Elsevier (2016-04-01)
      Background: Wastewater analysis is an innovative approach that allows monitoring illicit drug use at the community level. This study focused on investigating geographical differences in drug consumption by comparing ...
    • openAccess   Measuring biomarkers in wastewater as a new source of epidemiological information: current state and future perspectives 

      GRACIA LOR, EMMA; Castiglioni, Sara; Bade, Richard; Been, Frederic; Castrignanò, Erika; Covaci, Adrian; González-Mariño, Iria; Hapeshi, Evroula; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Kinyua, Juliet; Lai, Foon Yin; Letzel, Thomas; Lopardo, Luigi; Meyer, Markus R.; O'Brien, Jake; Ramin, Pedram; Rousis, Nikolaos I; Rydevik, Axel; Ryu, Yeonsuk; Santos, Miguel M.; Senta, Ivan; Thomaidis, Nikolaos; Veloutsou, Sofia; Yang, Zhugen; Zuccato, Ettore; Bijlsma, Lubertus Elsevier (2017-02)
      The information obtained from the chemical analysis of specific human excretion products (biomarkers) in urban wastewater can be used to estimate the exposure or consumption of the population under investigation to a defined ...
    • openAccess   Multi-year interlaboratory exercises for the analysis of illicit drugs and metabolites in wastewater: development of a quality control system 

      van Nuijs, Alexander; Lai, Foon Yin; Been, Frederic; Andrés-Costa, Maria Jesús; Barron, León P.; Baz Lomba, Jose Antonio; Berset, Jean-Daniel; Benaglia, Lisa; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Burgard, Daniel A.; Castiglioni, Sara; Christophoridis, Christophoros; Covaci, Adrian; de Voogt, Pim; Emke, Erik; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Fick, Jerker; Hernandez, Felix; Gerber, Cobus; González-Marino, Iria; Grabic, Roman; Gunnar, Teemu; Kannan, Kurunthachalam; Karolak, Sara; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Kokot, Zenon; Krizman-Matasic, Ivona; Li, Angela; Li, Xiqing; Love, Arndis S. C.; López de Alda, Miren; McCall, Ann Kathrin; Meyer, Markus R.; Oberacher, Herbert; O'Brien, Jake; Quintana, José B.; Reid, Malcolm; Schneider, Serge; Sadler Simoes, Susana; Thomaidis, Nikolaos; Thomas, Kevin; Yargeau, Viviane; Ort, Christoph 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 ...
    • openAccess   Spatio‐temporal assessment of illicit drug use at large scale: evidence from 7 years of international wastewater monitoring 

      González-Mariño, Iria; Baz Lomba, Jose Antonio; Alygizakis, Nikiforos; Andrés-Costa, Maria Jesús; Bade, Richard; Bannwarth, Anne; Barron, Leon; Been, Frederic; Benaglia, Lisa; Berset, Jean-Daniel; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Bodík, Igor; Brenner, Asher; Brock, Andreas L.; Burgard, Daniel A.; Castrignanò, Erika; Celma, Alberto; Christophoridis, Christophoros; Covaci, Adrian; Delémont, Olivier; de Voogt, Pim; Devault, Damien A.; Mário J. Dias, Mário J.; Emke, Erik; Esseiva, Pierre; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Fedorova, Ganna; Fytianos, Konstantinos; Gerber, Cobus; Grabic, Roman; GRACIA LOR, EMMA; Grüner, Stefan; Gunnar, Teemu; Hapeshi, Evroula; Heath, Ester; Helm, Björn; Hernandez, Felix; Kankaanpaa, Aino; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Krizman-Matasic, Ivona; Lai, Foon Yin; Lechowicz, Wojciech; Lopes, Alvaro; López de Alda, Miren; López-García, Ester; Löve, Arndís; Mastroianni, Nicola; McEneff, Gillian; Montes, Rosa; Munro, Kelly; Nefau, Thomas; Oberacher, Herbert; O'Brien, Jake William; Oertel, Reinhard; Olafsdottir, Kristin; Picó, Yolanda; Plosz, Benedek; Polesel, Fabio; Postigo, Cristina; Quintana, José Benito; Ramin Pedram; Reid, Malcolm J.; Rice, Jack; Rodil, Rosario; Salgueiro-González, Noelia; Schubert, Sara; Senta, Ivan; Simões, Susana M.; Sremački, Maja; Styszko, Katarzyna; Terzic, Senka; Thomaidis, Nikolaos; Thomas, Kevin V.; Tscharke, Ben J.; Udrisard, Robin; van Nuijs, Alexander; Yargeau Viviane; Zuccato, Ettore; Castiglioni, Sara; Ort, Christoph 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 ...