WBE was applied to evaluate illicit drug (ie amphetamine, cocaine, MDMA and
methamphetamine), alcohol and tobacco use in three Lithuanian cities in 2018 and 2019 …

Environmental mass spectrometry is an important branch of science because it provides
many of the data that underlie policy decisions that can directly influence the health of …

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is considered a cost-effective alternative approach
capable of determining the consumption and prevalence of drug use in communities …

Besides the common illicit drugs, such as cocaine, heroin, and marijuana, there is a growing
concern about the use of modern “designer drugs” that have emerged in large numbers over …

Thirty-seven laboratories from 25 countries present the development of an inter-laboratory
testing scheme for the analysis of seven illicit drug residues in standard solutions, tap-and …

Wastewater-based epidemiology is a new approach to monitor drug abuse. It involves
collecting wastewater, analysis of residues of drugs or its metabolites in wastewater, and …

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) gave rise to an
international public health emergency in 3 months after its emergence in Wuhan, China …

To estimate drug consumption more reliably, wastewater-based epidemiology would benefit
from a better understanding of drug residue stability during in-sewer transport. We …

Wastewater analysis was applied in a four-year monitoring study to assess temporal and
spatial patterns of ketamine and mephedrone use in the general population in Italy …

Population size is crucial when estimating population-normalized drug consumption (PNDC)
from wastewater-based drug epidemiology (WBDE). Three conceptually different population …