• 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 ...