Analysing communal wastewaters for drugs and their metabolic products in order to estimate their consumption in the community is a developing field, involving scientists working in different research areas, including analytical chemistry, physiology and biochemistry, sewage engineering, spatial epidemiology and statistics, and conventional drug epidemiology. This data is collected by scientitistand experts in a Europe-wide network (Sewage analysis CORe group — Europe (SCORE)). Data from a range of cities is available and has been collected since 2011.
Publisher name: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
Publisher URL: http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/EMCDDA
Last updated: 2024-09-07T10:48:44Z