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| Title |
Wastewater-Based Epidemiology To Monitor Synthetic Cathinones Use in Different European Countries
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| Published in |
Environmental Science & Technology, August 2016
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| DOI | 10.1021/acs.est.6b02644 |
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| Authors |
Iria González-Mariño, Emma Gracia-Lor, Nikolaos I. Rousis, Erika Castrignanò, Kevin V. Thomas, José Benito Quintana, Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Ettore Zuccato, Sara Castiglioni |
| Abstract |
Synthetic cathinones are among the most consumed new psychoactive substances (NPS), but their increasing number and interchangeable market make difficult to estimate the real size of their consumption. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) through the analysis of metabolic residues of these substances in urban wastewater can provide this information. This study applied WBE for the first time to investigate the presence of seventeen synthetic cathinones in four European countries. A method based on solid-phase extraction and liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry was developed, validated and used to quantify the target analytes. Seven substances were found, with mephedrone and methcathinone being the most frequently detected and none of the analytes being found in Norway. Population normalized loads were used to evaluate the pattern of use, which indicated a higher consumption in the UK followed by Spain and Italy, in line with the European prevalence data from population surveys. In the UK, where an entire week was investigated, an increase of the loads was found during the weekend, indicating a preferential use in recreational contexts. This study demonstrated that WBE can be a useful additional tool to monitor the use of NPS in a population. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 33% |
| Canada | 1 | 17% |
| Unknown | 3 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 67% |
| Scientists | 2 | 33% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 74 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 72 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 14 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 13 | 18% |
| Researcher | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 5 | 7% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 11 | 15% |
| Unknown | 20 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 16 | 22% |
| Environmental Science | 7 | 9% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 4% |
| Engineering | 3 | 4% |
| Materials Science | 2 | 3% |
| Other | 10 | 14% |
| Unknown | 33 | 45% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 September 2016.
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#8,475,150
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#9,469
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#124,036
of 349,075 outputs
Outputs of similar age from Environmental Science & Technology
#142
of 277 outputs
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