Comparing illicit drug use in 19 European cities through sewage analysis

K. V. THOMAS ; L. BIJLSMA ; S. CASTIGLIONI ; A. COVACI ; E. EMKE ; R. GRABIC ; F. HERNANDEZ ; S. KAROLAK ; B. KASPRZYK-HORDERN ; R. H. LINDBERG ; M. LOPEZ DE ALDA ; A. MEIERJOHANN ; C. ORT ; Y. PICO ; J. B. QUINTANA ; M. REID ; J. RIECKERMANN ; S. TERZIC ; A. L. N. VAN NUIJS ; P. DE VOOGT | 2012
Dans Science of the Total Environment (Vol.432, 15 August 2012) Article : Périodique

The analysis of sewage for urinary biomarkers of illicit drugs is a promising and complementary approach for estimating the use of these substances in the general population. For the first time, this approach was simultaneously applied in 19 Eur[...]

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Comparison of pharmaceutical, illicit drug, alcohol, nicotine and caffeine levels in wastewater with sale, seizure and consumption data for 8 European cities

J. A. BAZ-LOMBA ; S. SALVATORE ; E. GRACIA-LOR ; R. BADE ; S. CASTIGLIONI ; E. CASTRIGNANO ; A. CAUSANILLES ; F. HERNANDEZ ; B. KASPRZYK-HORDERN ; J. KINYUA ; A. K. McCALL ; A. VAN NUIJS ; C. ORT ; B. G. PLOSZ ; P. RAMIN ; M. REID ; N. I. ROUSIS ; Y. RYU ; P. DE VOOGT ; J. BRAMNESS ; K. THOMAS | 2016
Dans BMC Public Health (Vol.16, n°1035, 2016) Article : Périodique

Background: Monitoring the scale of pharmaceuticals, illicit and licit drugs consumption is important to assess the needs of law enforcement and public health, and provides more information about the different trends within different countries. [...]

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Development of a filter to prevent infections with spore-forming bacteria in injecting drug users

N. ALHUSEIN ; J. SCOTT ; B. KASPRZYK-HORDERN ; A. BOLHUIS | 2016
Dans Harm Reduction Journal (Vol.13, n°33, 2016) Article : Périodique

Background: In heroin injectors, there have been a number of outbreaks caused by spore-forming bacteria, causing serious infections such as anthrax or botulism. These are, most likely, caused by injecting contaminated heroin, and our aim was to [...]

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Illicit and pharmaceutical drug consumption estimated via wastewater analysis. Part B: Placing back-calculations in a formal statistical framework

H. E. JONES ; M. HICKMAN ; B. KASPRZYK-HORDERN ; N. J. WELTON ; D. R. BAKER ; A. E. ADES | 2014
Dans Science of the Total Environment (Vol.487, 15 July 2014) Article : Périodique

Concentrations of metabolites of illicit drugs in sewage water can be measured with great accuracy and precision, thanks to the development of sensitive and robust analytical methods. Based on assumptions about factors including the excretion pr[...]

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Spatial differences and temporal changes in illicit drug use in Europe quantified by wastewater analysis

C. ORT ; A. L. N. VAN NUIJS ; J. D. BERSET ; L. BIJLSMA ; S. CASTIGLIONI ; A. COVACI ; P. DE VOOGT ; E. EMKE ; D. FATTA-KASSINOS ; P. GRIFFITHS ; F. HERNANDEZ ; I. GONZALEZ-MARINO ; R. GRABIC ; B. KASPRZYK-HORDERN ; N. MASTROIANNI ; A. MEIERJOHANN ; T. NÉFAU ; M. ÖSTMAN ; Y. PICO ; I. RACAMONDE ; M. REID ; J. SLOBODNIK ; S. TERZIC ; N. THOMAIDIS ; K. V. THOMAS | 2014
Dans Addiction (Vol.109, n°8, August 2014) Article : Périodique

Aims: To perform wastewater analyses to assess spatial differences and temporal changes of illicit drug use in a large European population. Design: Analyses of raw wastewater over a 1-week period in 2012 and 2013. Setting and Participants: C[...]

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Spatio-temporal assessment of illicit drug use at large scale: evidence from 7 years of international wastewater monitoring

I. GONZALEZ-MARINO ; J. A. BAZ-LOMBA ; N. A. ALYGIZAKIS ; M. J. ANDRES-COSTA ; R. BADE ; L. P. BARRON ; F. BÉEN ; J. D. BERSET ; L. BIJLSMA ; I. BODIK ; A. BRENNER ; A. L. BROCK ; D. A. BURGARD ; E. CASTRIGNANO ; C. E. CHRISTOPHORIDIS ; A. COVACI ; P. DE VOOGT ; D. A. DEVAULT ; M. J. DIAS ; E. EMKE ; D. FATTA-KASSINOS ; G. FEDOROVA ; K. FYTIANOS ; C. GERBER ; R. GRABIC ; S. GRUNER ; T. GUNNAR ; E. HAPESHI ; E. HEATH ; B. HELM ; F. HERNANDEZ ; A. KANKAANPAA ; S. KAROLAK ; B. KASPRZYK-HORDERN ; I. KRIZMAN-MATASIC ; F. Y. LAI ; W. LECHOWICZ ; A. LOPES ; M. LOPEZ DE ALDA ; E. LOPEZ-GARCIA ; A. S. C. LOVE ; N. MASTROIANNI ; G. L. MCENEFF ; R. MONTES ; K. MUNRO ; T. NÉFAU ; H. OBERACHER ; J. W. O'BRIEN ; K. OLAFSDOTTIR ; Y. PICO ; B. G. PLOSZ ; F. POLESEL ; C. POSTIGO ; J. B. QUINTANA ; P. RAMIN ; M. J. REID ; J. RICE ; R. RODIL ; I. SENTA ; S. M. SIMOES ; M. M. SREMACKI ; K. STYSZKO ; S. TERZIC ; N. S. THOMAIDIS ; K. V. THOMAS ; B. J. TSCHARKE ; A. L. N. VAN NUIJS ; V. YARGEAU ; E. ZUCCATO ; S. CASTIGLIONI ; C. ORT | 2020
Dans Addiction (Vol.115, n°1, January 2020) Article : Périodique

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Wastewater-based epidemiology is an additional indicator of drug use that is gaining reliability to complement the current established panel of indicators. The aims of this study were to: (i) assess spatial and temporal tren[...]

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