Wastewater-based epidemiology in Beijing, China: Prevalence of antibiotic use in flu season and association of pharmaceuticals and personal care products with socioeconomic characteristics

Wastewater-based epidemiology is an emerging field that has mostly been applied to investigate consumption of illicit drugs. In this study, the wastewater-based epidemiology approach was employed to study consumption of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) and measure their prevalence...

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Main Authors: Yizhe Zhang, Lei Duan, Bin Wang, Yulin Du, Giovanni Cagnetta, Jun Huang, Lee Blaney, Gang Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-04-01
Series:Environment International
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412018320877