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Spatio‐temporal assessment of illicit drug use at large scale: evidence from 7 ...
González‐Mariño, Iria; Baz‐Lomba, Jose Antonio; Alygizakis, Nikiforos A.; Andrés‐Costa, Maria Jesus; Bade, Richard; Bannwarth, Anne; Barron, Leon P.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 trends of population‐normalized mass loads of benzoylecgonine, amphetamine, methamphetamine and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in raw wastewater over 7 years (2011–...
Disruption of gut integrity and permeability contributes to enteritis in a fish...
Sitjà-Bobadilla, Ariadna; Gil-Solsona, Rubén; Estensoro, Itziar; Piazzon, M. C; Martos-Sitcha, Juan A; Picard-Sánchez, Amparo; Fuentes, JuanBackground In the animal production sector, enteritis is responsible for serious economic losses, and intestinal parasitism is a major stress factor leading to malnutrition and lowered performance and animal production efficiency. The effect of enteric parasites on the gut function of teleost fish, which represent the most ancient bony vertebrates, is far from being understood. The intestinal myxozoan parasite ...
Comparative measurement and quantitative risk assessment of alcohol consumption...
Ryu, Yeonsuk; Barceló, Damià; Barrone, Leon P.; Bijlsma, Lubertus; Castiglioni, Sara; De Voogt, Pim; Emke, Erik; Hernández, Félix; Lai, Foon YinQuantitative measurement of drug consumption biomarkers in wastewater can provide objective information on community drug use patterns and trends. This study presents the measurement of alcohol consumption in 20 cities across 11 countries through the use of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), and reports the application of these data for the risk assessment of alcohol on a population scale using the margin of ...