Wastewater Analysis for Community-Wide Drugs Use Assessment.
Handb Exp Pharmacol
; 252: 543-566, 2018.
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| ID: mdl-29896656
ABSTRACT
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) complements existing epidemiology-based estimation techniques and provides objective, evidence-based estimates of illicit drug use. After consumption, biomarkers - drugs and their metabolites - excreted to toilets and flushed into urban sewer networks can be measured in raw wastewater samples. The quantified loads can serve as an estimate for the collective consumption of all people contributing to the wastewater sample. This transdisciplinary approach, further explained in this chapter, has developed, matured and is now established for monitoring substances such as cocaine and amphetamine-type stimulants. Research currently underway is refining WBE to new applications including new psychoactive substances (NPS).
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Illicit Drugs
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Substance-Related Disorders
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Wastewater
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Handb Exp Pharmacol
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Switzerland