Sewage epidemiology — A real-time approach to estimate the consumption of illicit drugs in Brussels, Belgium

The sewage epidemiology approach was applied to a one-year sampling campaign in the largest wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Belgium. The consumption of cocaine (COC), amphetamine (AMP), methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methamphetamine (METH), methadone (MTD) and heroin (HER) was evaluated...

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Main Authors: Alexander L.N. van Nuijs, Jean-François Mougel, Isabela Tarcomnicu, Lieven Bervoets, Ronny Blust, Philippe G. Jorens, Hugo Neels, Adrian Covaci
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-04-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412010002515