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CEST Proceedings are published under the ISSN 2944-9820.

A nine-year study on the temporal changes of licit and illicit drug use patterns as revealed from the chemical analysis of influent wastewater from the wastewater treatment plant of Athens

Galani K., Alygizakis N., Borova V., (Corresponding) Thomaidis N.
Topic: 
Emerging pollutants
Daily flow-proportional composite influent wastewater was collected from the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in Athens during a nine-year sampling campaign (2010-2019). Analytes in influent wastewater are markers of the consumption and the exposure of the chemicals in the population. Wastewater...Read more
Keywords: 
wastewater epidemiology, use patterns, socioeconomic changes, illicit drugs, pharmaceuticals, LC-MS/MS, LC-QTOFMS, wide-scope screening
Paper ID: 
cest2019_00682

Monitoring illicit stimulant drug use in Cyprus during the COVID-19 lockdown by UPLC-MS/MS

Psichoudaki M., Trapali A., Hapeshi E., Karaolia P., Savvidou M., Mina C., Michael C., (Corresponding) Fatta-Kassinos D.
Topic: 
Wastewater-based epidemiology to monitor covid-19 outbreak: present and future diagnostic methods to be in your radar
The occurrence and spread of the novel corona virus SARS-CoV-2 at the end of 2019, has led WHO to announce the outbreak of a pandemic. Restriction measures were taken from authorities globally, in order to impede its spread. In Cyprus, a strict lockdown period was implemented on the 24th March of...Read more
Keywords: 
Wastewater based epidemiology, illicit drugs, wastewater, COVID19, UPLC-MS/MS
Paper ID: 
cest2021_00360