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| Title |
The first application of wastewater-based drug epidemiology in five South Korean cities
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| Published in |
Science of the Total Environment, April 2015
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| DOI | 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.04.065 |
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| Authors |
Ki Yong Kim, Foon Yin Lai, Hee-Young Kim, Phong K. Thai, Jochen F. Mueller, Jeong-Eun Oh |
| Abstract |
Illicit drug consumption in five cities in South Korea was estimated by analyzing 17 drug residues in untreated wastewater samples collected during the Christmas and New Year period of 2012-13. Only methamphetamine, amphetamine, and codeine were detected at concentrations of tens of nanograms per liter or even lower concentrations in more than 90% of the samples. Other illicit drug residues (including cocaine, methadone, and benzoylecgonine) that have been detected frequently in wastewater from other countries were not found in this study. Methamphetamine was found to be the most widely used illicit drug in South Korea, and the estimated average consumption rate was 22mg d(-1) (1000 people)(-1). This rate is, for example, 2-5 times lower than the estimated average consumption rates in Hong Kong and other parts of China and 4-80 times lower than the estimated average consumption rates in cities in Western countries. It should be noted that the wastewater samples analyzed in this study were collected during a holiday season, when daily consumption of illicit drugs is often higher than on an average day. The methamphetamine usage rates were calculated for different cities in South Korea, and the usage rates in smaller cities was higher (2-4 times) than the average. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 120 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Spain | 2 | 2% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| Switzerland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 116 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 22 | 18% |
| Student > Master | 14 | 12% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 8% |
| Other | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 20 | 17% |
| Unknown | 35 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 17 | 14% |
| Environmental Science | 15 | 13% |
| Engineering | 8 | 7% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 7 | 6% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 17 | 14% |
| Unknown | 51 | 43% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. 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 20 September 2020.
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#8,645,169
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#11,505
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#97,798
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Outputs of similar age from Science of the Total Environment
#63
of 168 outputs
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