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ReviewMass spectrometry reviews2018

Mass spectrometric strategies for the investigation of biomarkers of illicit drug use in wastewater.

Félix Hernández, Sara Castiglioni, Adrian Covaci, Pim de Voogt, Erik Emke, Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Christoph Ort, Malcolm Reid, Juan V Sancho, Kevin V Thomas and 3 more

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Review in Mass spectrometry reviews, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Targeted LC-MS/MS method for quantifying respiratory pharmaceuticals in wastewater.Environmental science : water research & technology · 2026
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  15. "Waste Not, Want Not" - Leveraging Sewer Systems and Wastewater-Based Epidemiology for Drug Use Trends and Pharmaceutical Monitoring.Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology · 2021
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  20. Household Contamination with Methamphetamine: Knowledge and Uncertainties.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors.

Félix HernándezResearch Institute for Pesticides and Water, University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain.
Sara CastiglioniDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
Adrian CovaciToxicological Center, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Pim de VoogtKWR Watercycle Research Institute, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands.
Erik EmkeKWR Watercycle Research Institute, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands.
Barbara Kasprzyk-HordernDepartment of Chemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom.
Christoph OrtSwiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag), Dübendorf, Switzerland.
Malcolm ReidNorwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Oslo, Norway.
Juan V SanchoResearch Institute for Pesticides and Water, University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain.
Kevin V ThomasNorwegian Institute for Water Research (NIVA), Oslo, Norway.
Alexander L N van NuijsToxicological Center, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Ettore ZuccatoDepartment of Environmental Health Sciences, IRCCS-Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri, Milan, Italy.
Lubertus BijlsmaResearch Institute for Pesticides and Water, University Jaume I, Castellón, Spain.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The analysis of illicit drugs in urban wastewater is the basis of wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE), and has received much scientific attention because the concentrations measured can be used as a new non-intrusive tool to provide evidence-based and real-time estimates of community-wide drug consumption. Moreover, WBE allows monitoring patterns and spatial and temporal trends of drug use. Although information and expertise from other disciplines is required to refine and effectively apply WBE, analytical chemistry is the fundamental driver in this field. The use of advanced analytical techniques, commonly based on combined chromatography-mass spectrometry, is mandatory because the very low analyte concentration and the complexity of samples (raw wastewater) make quantification and identification/confirmation of illicit drug biomarkers (IDBs) troublesome. We review the most-recent literature available (mostly from the last 5 years) on the determination of IDBs in wastewater with particular emphasis on the different analytical strategies applied. The predominance of liquid chromatography coupled to tandem mass spectrometry to quantify target IDBs and the essence to produce reliable and comparable results is illustrated. Accordingly, the importance to perform inter-laboratory exercises and the need to analyze appropriate quality controls in each sample sequence is highlighted. Other crucial steps in WBE, such as sample collection and sample pre-treatment, are briefly and carefully discussed. The article further focuses on the potential of high-resolution mass spectrometry. Different approaches for target and non-target analysis are discussed, and the interest to perform experiments under laboratory-controlled conditions, as a complementary tool to investigate related compounds (e.g., minor metabolites and/or transformation products in wastewater) is treated. The article ends up with the trends and future perspectives in this field from the authors' point of view. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Mass Spec Rev 37:258-280, 2018.

Indexed as

BiomarkersChromatography, LiquidGas Chromatography-Mass SpectrometryHumansIllicit DrugsLimit of DetectionMass SpectrometryQuality ControlSpecimen HandlingSubstance-Related DisordersWaste Disposal, FluidWastewaterBiomarkersIllicit DrugsWastewaterdrugs of abusemass spectrometryurinary metaboliteswastewater-based epidemiology

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PMID27750373
PMCPMC6191649

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