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Simpson J, Simpson B, Gerber C
Chemosphere . 2024 Sep; 364:143307. PMID: 39260597
Opioids are widely distributed, potent prescription analgesics that are known to be diverted for illicit use. Their prevalence of use is reflected by high concentrations of parent compounds and/or metabolites...
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Verhagen R, Gerber C, Thai P, Connor J, Loveday B, Bade R, et al.
Addiction . 2024 Sep; 119(12):2153-2161. PMID: 39259037
Background And Aims: Between 2018 and 2020, Australia implemented major policy changes to improve the quality and safety of opioid prescribing, with a specific focus on oxycodone. This study used...
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Price M, Simpson B, Tscharke B, Ahmed F, Keller E, Sussex H, et al.
Sci Total Environ . 2024 Sep; 953:176076. PMID: 39244059
Knowledge of the number of people present in a catchment is fundamental for the assessment of spatio-temporal trends in wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE). Accurately estimating the number of people connected to...
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Tscharke B, Livingston M, OBrien J, Bade R, Thomas K, Mueller J, et al.
Drug Alcohol Depend . 2024 May; 259:111317. PMID: 38692136
Background: Wastewater analysis provides a complementary measure of alcohol use in whole communities. We assessed absolute differences and temporal trends in alcohol consumption by degree of remoteness and socioeconomics indicators...
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Bijlsma L, Simpson B, Gerber C, van Nuijs A, Burgard D
Water Res . 2024 Mar; 255:121522. PMID: 38552484
Monitoring cannabis consumption holds great interest due to the increasing trend towards its legalization for both medicinal and recreational purposes, despite the potential risks and harms involved. Wastewater-based surveillance (WBS)...
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Simpson J, Simpson B, Gerber C
Talanta . 2024 Feb; 272:125775. PMID: 38401268
The solid product of wastewater treatment plants is commonly used as a fertiliser to increase sustainability and waste reuse. It has undergone extensive treatment to remove high nutrient loads, pathogens...
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Bade R, Nadarajan D, Driver E, Halden R, Gerber C, Krotulski A, et al.
Sci Total Environ . 2024 Feb; 920:170781. PMID: 38360322
Synthetic opioids, particularly the nitazene analogues class, have become a public health concern due to their high potency. Wastewater-based epidemiology can detect community use of these compounds. The objective of...
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Jaunay E, Bade R, Paxton K, Nadarajan D, Barry D, Zhai Y, et al.
Sci Total Environ . 2024 Jan; 919:170473. PMID: 38286292
Users of novel psychoactive substances (NPS) are at risk, due to limited information about the toxicity and unpredictable effects of these compounds. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been used as a...
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Jaunay E, Simpson B, White J, Gerber C
Drug Test Anal . 2024 Jan; 16(10):1137-1143. PMID: 38197508
Methamphetamine is the illicit stimulant of choice in Australia. Countless initiatives have been employed to reduce methamphetamine use and drug-related harm. Wastewater analysis (WWA) has been used effectively as an...
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Jaunay E, Simpson B, White J, Gerber C
Sci Total Environ . 2023 Oct; 906:167807. PMID: 37862900
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