Impact of sampling resolution on estimation of community-wide daily illicit drug use

Pedram Ramin; J. A. Baz Lomba; M. Reid; K. V. Thomas; Benedek G. Plósz

Impact of sampling resolution on estimation of community-wide daily illicit drug use

Pedram Ramin, J. A. Baz Lomba, M. Reid, K. V. Thomas, Benedek G. Plósz

Norwegian Institute for Water Research

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It is a common approach to report daily community-wide drug consumption, based on single daily measurements of the influent from a treatment plant. This article suggests that neglecting diurnal variations of loads and flow can result in misestimating daily drug consumption.

Original language	English
Publication date	2015
Number of pages	2
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	9th IWA Specialist Conference on Assessment and Control of Micropollutants and Hazardous Substances in Water - Singapore, Singapore Duration: 22 Nov 2015 → 25 Dec 2015 Conference number: 9

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Conference	9th IWA Specialist Conference on Assessment and Control of Micropollutants and Hazardous Substances in Water
Number	9
Country/Territory	Singapore
City	Singapore
Period	22/11/2015 → 25/12/2015

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2015. Abstract from 9th IWA Specialist Conference on Assessment and Control of Micropollutants and Hazardous Substances in Water, Singapore, Singapore.

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