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ArticleEnvironmental geochemistry and health2021

Estimating dynamic population served by wastewater treatment plants using location-based services data.

Han Yu, Xue-Ting Shao, Si-Yu Liu, Wei Pei, Xiang-Peng Kong, Zhuang Wang, De-Gao Wang

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Article in Environmental geochemistry and health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.1field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Urban Population Based on Mobile Signaling Data and Its Correlation With Wastewater Quantity and Quality.Water environment research : a research publication of the Water Environment Federation · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Han YuCollege of Environmental Science and Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, No. 1 Linghai Road, Dalian, 116026, China.
Xue-Ting ShaoCollege of Environmental Science and Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, No. 1 Linghai Road, Dalian, 116026, China.
Si-Yu LiuCollege of Environmental Science and Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, No. 1 Linghai Road, Dalian, 116026, China.
Wei PeiCollege of Environmental Science and Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, No. 1 Linghai Road, Dalian, 116026, China.
Xiang-Peng KongCollege of Environmental Science and Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, No. 1 Linghai Road, Dalian, 116026, China.
Zhuang WangCollaborative Innovation Center of Atmospheric Environment and Equipment Technology, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment Monitoring and Pollution Control, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, No. 219 Ningliu Road, Nanjing, 210044, China.
De-Gao WangCollege of Environmental Science and Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, No. 1 Linghai Road, Dalian, 116026, China. degaowang@dlmu.edu.cn.
Dalian Maritime University · CNNanjing University of Information Science and Technology · CN

Funding

Dalian Science and Technology Innovation Foundation 2019J13SN123National Key R&D Program of China 2019YFC1407700
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Wastewater-based epidemiology is a useful approach to estimate population-level exposure to a wide range of substances (e.g., drugs, chemicals, biological agents) by wastewater analysis. An important uncertainty in population normalized loads generated is related to the size and variability of the actual population served by wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs). Here, we built a population model using location-based services (LBS) data to estimate dynamic consumption of illicit drugs. First, the LBS data from Tencent Location Big Data and resident population were used to train a linear population model for estimating population (r

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Illicit DrugsMethamphetamineWater Pollutants, ChemicalWater PurificationNitrogenWastewaterIllicit DrugsMethamphetamineNitrogenWastewaterWater Pollutants, ChemicalData visualizationDynamic population modelHuman healthLocation-based servicesMethamphetamineSewage epidemiology

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PMID33928448
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