A5073647450- Forensic Toxicology and Drug Analysis
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
- Analytical chemistry methods development
- Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects
- SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing
- Analytical Chemistry and Chromatography
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Mass Spectrometry Techniques and Applications
- Psychedelics and Drug Studies
- Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
- Effects and risks of endocrine disrupting chemicals
- Advanced Chemical Sensor Technologies
- Opioid Use Disorder Treatment
- Electrochemical Analysis and Applications
- Pharmacogenetics and Drug Metabolism
- Environmental Chemistry and Analysis
- Health, Environment, Cognitive Aging
- Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
- Neurotransmitter Receptor Influence on Behavior
- Biosensors and Analytical Detection
- Antibiotics Pharmacokinetics and Efficacy
- Water Treatment and Disinfection
- Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
- Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
University of Antwerp
2016-2025
Province of Antwerp
2020
Cipla (Belgium)
2019
ADVERTISEMENT RETURN TO ISSUEPREVViewpointNEXTWastewater-Based Epidemiology: Global Collaborative to Maximize Contributions in the Fight Against COVID-19Aaron BivinsAaron BivinsDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering Earth Sciences, University Notre Dame, 156 Fitzpatrick Hall, Indiana 46556, United StatesMore by Aaron Bivins, Devin NorthDevin NorthDepartment North, Arslan AhmadArslan AhmadDepartment Sustainable Development, Science Engineering, KTH Royal Institute Technology,...
The aim of this study was to integrally address the uncertainty associated with all steps used estimate community drug consumption through chemical analysis sewage biomarkers illicit drugs. Uncertainty has been evaluated for sampling, analysis, stability in sewage, back-calculation use (specific case cocaine), and estimation population size a catchment using data collected from recent Europe-wide investigation available literature. quality sampling protocols analytical measurements by...
Abstract Aims To perform wastewater analyses to assess spatial differences and temporal changes of illicit drug use in a large E uropean population. Design Analyses raw over 1‐week period 2012 2013. Setting Participants Catchment areas treatment plants ( WWTP s) across urope, as follows: 2012: 25 s 11 countries (23 cities, total population 11.50 million); 2013: 47 21 (42 24.74 million). Measurements Excretion products five drugs (cocaine, amphetamine, ecstasy, methamphetamine, cannabis) were...
The sewage epidemiology approach was applied to a one-year sampling campaign in the largest wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) Belgium. consumption of cocaine (COC), amphetamine (AMP), methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), methamphetamine (METH), methadone (MTD) and heroin (HER) evaluated based on measured concentrations parent compound and/or metabolites daily 24-hour composite influent samples. inevitable back-calculations used were adapted newly available information regarding stability...
Abstract Background and aims Wastewater‐based epidemiology is an additional indicator of drug use that gaining reliability to complement the current established panel indicators. The this study were to: (i) assess spatial temporal trends population‐normalized mass loads benzoylecgonine, amphetamine, methamphetamine 3,4‐methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) in raw wastewater over 7 years (2011–17); (ii) address overall by estimating average number combined doses consumed per day each city;...
Monitoring the scale of pharmaceuticals, illicit and licit drugs consumption is important to assess needs law enforcement public health, provides more information about different trends within countries. Community drug use patterns are usually described by national surveys, sales seizure data. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been shown be a reliable approach complementing such surveys. This study aims compare correlate estimates drugs, alcohol, nicotine caffeine from wastewater...
Abstract The most common cause of death in the intensive care unit (ICU) is development multiorgan dysfunction syndrome (MODS). Besides life-supporting treatments, no cure exists, and its mechanisms are still poorly understood. Catalytic iron associated with ICU mortality known to free radical-mediated cellular toxicity. It thought induce excessive lipid peroxidation, main characteristic an iron-dependent type cell conceptualized as ferroptosis. Here we show that severity probability indeed...
Cocaine is the second most-used illicit drug world-wide and its consumption increasing significantly, especially in western Europe. Until now, annual prevalence has been estimated indirectly by means of interviews. A recently introduced direct nation-wide approach based on measurements major urinary excreted metabolite cocaine, benzoylecgonine, wastewater proposed.Wastewater samples from 41 treatment plants (WWTPs) Belgium, covering approximately 3,700,000 residents, were collected. Each...
Sewage‐based epidemiology (SBE) employs the analysis of sewage to detect and quantify drug use within a community. While SBE has been applied repeatedly for estimation classical illicit drugs, only few studies investigated new psychoactive substances (NPS). These compounds mimic effects drugs by introducing slight modifications chemical structures controlled drugs. We describe optimization, validation, application an analytical method using liquid chromatography coupled positive electrospray...