Infectious diseases are acknowledged as one of the most critical threats to global public
health today. Climate change, unprecedented population growth with accelerated rates of …

Wastewater is a complex matrix containing a wide range of chemical and biological markers
of human activity. Relating concentrations of these “waste” materials in wastewater influent …

The immense global burden of infectious disease outbreaks and the need to establish
prediction and prevention systems have been recognized by the World Health Organization …

Abstract The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has developed into a serious pandemic
with millions of cases diagnosed worldwide. To fight COVID-19 pandemic, over 100 …

The promise of collecting and utilizing large amounts of data has never been greater in the
history of urban water management (UWM). This paper reviews several data-driven …

The information obtained from the chemical analysis of specific human excretion products
(biomarkers) in urban wastewater can be used to estimate the exposure or consumption of …

Timely assessment of the aggregate health of small-area human populations is essential for
guiding the optimal investment of resources needed for preventing, avoiding, controlling, or …

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 …

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 …

The evolution and impact of the published literature surrounding the transdisciplinary,
multifaceted topic of pharmaceuticals as contaminants in the environment is examined for …