[HTML][HTML] Sewage epidemiology—a real-time approach to estimate the consumption of illicit drugs in Brussels, Belgium

ALN Van Nuijs, JF Mougel, I Tarcomnicu… - Environment …, 2011 - Elsevier
sewage epidemiology calculations were in agreement with official statistics. This manuscript
shows that sewage epidemiology … classical studies to estimate illicit drug use in populations. …

Illicit drug consumption estimations derived from wastewater analysis: a critical review

ALN van Nuijs, S Castiglioni, I Tarcomnicu… - Science of the Total …, 2011 - Elsevier
… a multi-disciplinary approach for a) using updated drug profile … hot spots of drug abuse; b)
testing in real time the efficacy of … sewage epidemiology is a promising tool for the estimation

Estimation of the consumption of illicit drugs during special events in two communities in Western Kentucky, USA using sewage epidemiology

KS Foppe, DR Hammond-Weinberger… - Science of the total …, 2018 - Elsevier
… In this study, semi-real-time consumption rates of ten illicit drugs were determined using
sewage epidemiology during special events including Independence Day, the 2017 solar …

Monitoring of illicit drug consumption via wastewater: development, challenges, and future aspects

S Mercan, M Kuloglu, F Asicioglu - Current opinion in environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) for the evaluation of … European cities to estimate
illicit drug consumption in a certain … monitor drug trends and consumption rates in near real time

[HTML][HTML] Wastewater-based epidemiology for illicit drugs: A critical review on global data

M Huizer, TL Ter Laak, P de Voogt, AP van Wezel - Water Research, 2021 - Elsevier
… in the sewage system, the amount of illicit drugs consumed in g/day/inhabitant can be estimated
… This approach provides near real-time information for a specific city or region and gives …

Testing wastewater to detect illicit drugs: state of the art, potential and research needs

S Castiglioni, KV Thomas, B Kasprzyk-Hordern… - Science of the Total …, 2014 - Elsevier
real-time estimates of drug use and to give timely information of any change in the patterns
of use… complimentary approaches to monitor illicit drug use (ie epidemiological studies and …

Refined sewer epidemiology mass balances and their application to heroin, cocaine and ecstasy

U Khan, JA Nicell - Environment international, 2011 - Elsevier
… extrapolation mass balances for various illicit drugs of interest by constructing their … a
method can allow epidemiologist to track real-time changes in drug consumption patterns within a …

Estimating community drug abuse by wastewater analysis

E Zuccato, C Chiabrando, S Castiglioni… - Environmental …, 2008 - ehp.niehs.nih.gov
… We tested a sewage epidemiology strategy to monitor patterns and … -real-time profiles of
illicit drug consumption by monitoring selected drug residues entering the municipal sewage

… and narcotics monitoring in Brno wastewater system and estimation of seasonal effect on the abuse of illicit drugs by a wastewater-based epidemiology approach

MC Miino, T Macsek, T Halešová, T Chorazy… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
… metropolitan area, (ii) determine the effectiveness of the current conventional wastewater
treatment plant (WWTP), and (iii) estimate the illicit drug (ID) consumption. 23 PHA and 9 NAR …

The practical implications of wastewater-based illicit drug epidemiology

T Gunnar, A Kankaanpää - Current opinion in environmental science & …, 2019 - Elsevier
… WBE makes it possible to back calculate the amounts of drugs consumed on the … real-time
approach, WBE would theoretically be an ideal means to detect the use of novel substances in …