• openAccess   Drug use by music festival attendees: A novel triangulation approach using self-reported data and test results of oral fluid and pooled urine samples 

      Gjerde, Hallvard; Gjersing, Linn; Baz Lomba, Jose Antonio; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Salgueiro-González, Noelia; Furuhaugen, Havard; Bretteville-Jensen, Anne LIne; Hernandez, Felix; Castiglioni, Sara; Amundsen, Ellen Johanna; Zuccato, Ettore 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 ...
    • closedAccess   International snapshot of new psychoactive substance use: Case study of eight countries over the 2019/2020 new year period 

      Bade, Richard; White, Jason M.; Chen, Jingjing; Baz Lomba, Jose Antonio; Been, Frederic; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Universitat Jaume I. Departament de Química Física i Analítica; Burgard, Daniel A.; Castiglioni, Sara; Salgueiro-González, Noelia; Celma, Alberto; Universitat Jaume I. Departament de Química Física i Analítica; Chappell, Andrew; Emke, Erik; Steenbeek, Ruud; Wang, Degao; Zuccato, Ettore; Gerber, Cobus 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 ...
    • openAccess   Monitoring psychoactive substance use at six European festivals through wastewater and pooled urine analysis 

      Bijlsma, Lubertus; Celma, Alberto; Castiglioni, Sara; Salgueiro-González, Noelia; Bou Iserte, Lledó; Baz Lomba, Jose Antonio; Reid, Malcolm; Dias, M.J.; Lopes, Alvaro; Matias, Joao Luis; Pastor Alcañiz, Laura; Radonic, J.; Turk Sekulic, M.; Shine, Trevor; van Nuijs, Alexander; Hernandez, Felix; Zuccato, Ettore 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 ...
    • closedAccess   New psychoactive substances in several European populations assessed by wastewater-based epidemiology 

      Castiglioni, Sara; Salgueiro-González, Noelia; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Celma, Alberto; GRACIA LOR, EMMA; Beldean-Galea, Mihail Simion; Mackuľak, Tomáš; Emke, Erik; Heath, Ester; Kasprzyk-Hordern, Barbara; Kovacevic, Andjelka; Poretti, Francesco; Rangelov, Jeliaz; Santos, Miguel M.; Sremački, Maja; Hernandez, Felix; Zuccato, Ettore Elsevier (2021)
      Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) can be a useful tool to face some of the existing challenges in monitoring the use of new psychoactive substances (NPS), as it can provide objective and updated infor- mation. This ...
    • closedAccess   Spatial and temporal assessment of crack cocaine use in 13 European cities through wastewater-based epidemiology 

      Steenbeek, Ruud; Emke, Erik; Vughs, Dennis; Matias, Joao Luis; Boogaerts, Tim; Castiglioni, Sara; Campos-Mañas, Marina Celia; Covaci, Adrian; de Voogt, Pim; ter Laak, Thomas; Hernandez, Felix; Salgueiro-González, Noelia; Meijer, Wim; Dias, Mario J.; Simoes, Susana; van Nuijs, Alexander; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Been, Frederic Elsevier (2022-07-25)
      Already in early 2000s, concerns have been growing in the EU about increasing use of cocaine and it is estimated that below 1% of the population administer the drug by smoking crack cocaine. New available data suggests ...
    • openAccess   Three years of wastewater surveillance for new psychoactive substances from 16 countries 

      Bade, Richard; Rousis, Nikolaos I; Adhikari, Sangeet; Baduel, Christine; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Bizani, Erasmia; Boogaerts, Tim; Burgard, Daniel A.; Castiglioni, Sara; Chappell, Andrew; Covaci, Adrian; Driver, Erin M.; Fabriz Sodré, Fernando; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Galani, Aikaterini; Gerber, Cobus; GRACIA LOR, EMMA; Gracia-Marín, Elisa; Halden, Rolf; Heath, Ester; Hernandez, Felix; Yin Lai, Foon; Lee, Heon-Jun; Laimou-Geraniou, Maria; Oh, Jeong-Eun; Olafsdottir, Kristin; Phung, Kaitlyn; Pineda Castro, Marco; Psichoudaki, Magda; Shao, Xueting; Salgueiro-González, Noelia; Silva Feitosa, Rafael; Silvino Gomes, Cezar; Subedi, Bikram; Löve, Arndís; Thomaidis, Nikolaos; Tran, Diana; van Nuijs, Alexander; Verovšek, Taja; Wang, Degao; White, Jason; Yargeau, Viviane; Zuccato, Ettore; Mueller, Jochen Elsevier (2023-05)
      The proliferation of new psychoactive substances (NPS) over recent years has made their surveillance complex. The analysis of raw municipal influent wastewater can allow a broader insight into community consumption patterns ...