Assessing illicit drugs in wastewater: a pilot study in Mexico

• Main Authors: Copytzy Cruz-Cruz (Author), Desireé Vidaña-Pérez (Author), Manuel Mondragón y Kalb (Author), María José Martínez-Ruiz (Author), Gustavo Olaiz-Fernández (Author), Luis Fernando Hernández-Lezama (Author), Mauricio Hernández-Ávila (Author), Tonatiuh Barrientos-Gutiérrez (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective. Monitor drug use through wastewater metabolite measurement. Materials and methods. Wastewater samples were obtained from 31 wastewater treatment plants and 95 sites with specific populations (38 schools, 42 units of addiction treatment and 15 penitentiaries). Using ultra high liquid chrom...