[HTML][HTML] Wastewater-based epidemiology as a surveillance tool to assess human consumption of psychotropic substances: Alcohol, nicotine and caffeine as case …

N Rousis, R Bade, E Gracia-Lor - TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry, 2023 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) is used as a surveillance tool to provide data on
public health, drug use, exposure to chemicals and lifestyle habits. This approach can be …

Wastewater-based epidemiology: current status and future prospects

M Lorenzo, Y Picó - Current Opinion in Environmental Science & Health, 2019 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been consolidated as a tool to provide real-
time information on consumption of legal and illegal drugs of abuse by the population …

Monitoring caffeine and nicotine use in a nationwide study in Italy using wastewater-based epidemiology

E Gracia-Lor, NI Rousis, E Zuccato… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee are common habits in today's society. However, it is
not easy to get up-to-date information on smoking prevalence and caffeine consumption as it …

Investigation of agreement between wastewater-based epidemiology and survey data on alcohol and nicotine use in a community

JHP Van Wel, E Gracia-Lor, ALN Van Nuijs… - Drug and alcohol …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background/aims Alcohol and nicotine are the two most used substances world-wide and
associated with increased burden of disease. Since surveys on substance use may be …

Alcohol and nicotine consumption trends in three US communities determined by wastewater-based epidemiology

J Chen, AK Venkatesan, RU Halden - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), an emerging tool for monitoring public
health in near real-time, is used extensively in Europe but applications to US populations …

[HTML][HTML] Analytical methods for the determination of antidepressants, antipsychotics, benzodiazepines and their metabolites through wastewater-based epidemiology

M Laimou-Geraniou, D Heath, E Heath - Trends in Environmental Analytical …, 2023 - Elsevier
The wastewater-based epidemiology approach, popular for estimating illicit drug use, has
been used to evaluate lifestyle habits such as alcohol, tobacco and caffeine consumption …

Wastewater-based epidemiology to assess the occurrence of new psychoactive substances and alcohol consumption in Slovakia

P Brandeburová, I Bodík, I Horáková, D Žabka… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Consumption of alcohol and new psychoactive substances (NPS) in a population or during
special events (music festivals) is usually monitored through individual questionnaires …

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

JA Baz-Lomba, S Salvatore, E Gracia-Lor, R Bade… - BMC public health, 2016 - Springer
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 …

First nation-wide estimation of tobacco consumption in Spain using wastewater-based epidemiology

R Montes, R Rodil, A Rico, R Cela… - Science of The Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has become a very useful tool to monitor a
population's drug consumption or exposure to environmental and food contaminants. In this …

Novel wastewater-based epidemiology approach based on liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry for assessing population exposure to tobacco-specific …

FY Lai, F Been, A Covaci, ALN van Nuijs - Analytical chemistry, 2017 - ACS Publications
Tobacco smoking remains an important public health issue worldwide. Assessment of
exposure to tobacco-related toxicants and carcinogens at the population level is thus an …