Erika Castrignanò
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Research Subjects
Erika Castrignanò has a total of 47 co-authors. Here are the top co-authors by number of shared publications:
- Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern
University of Bath
3 shared publications - Emma Gracia-Lor
Department of Analytical Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain
3 shared publications - Richard Bade
Queensland Alliance for Environmental Health Sciences (QAEHS), The University of Queensland, Dutton Park , Brisbane, Queensland, 4102
3 shared publications - Sara Castiglioni
Department of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Università di Milano, 20157 Milano, Italy
3 shared publications - Alexander L. N. van Nuijs
Toxicological Centre University of Antwerp Antwerp Belgium
2 shared publications - Benedek Gy. Plósz
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath BA2 7AY, UK; SWING - Department of Built Environment, Oslo Metropolitan University, St Olavs plass 0130, Oslo, Norway
2 shared publications
Latest Publications
- Open Access
- 1 March 2018
- Published by Elsevier in Water Research
- Vol. 130, 151-160
Enantiomeric profiling of chiral illicit drugs in a pan-European study
- 1 March 2018
- Published by Elsevier in Water Research
- Vol. 130, 151-160
Open AccessEnantiomeric profiling of chiral illicit drugs in a pan-European study
- Top Cited Papers
- 1 February 2017
- Published by Elsevier in Environment International
- Vol. 99, 131-150
Measuring biomarkers in wastewater as a new source of epidemiological information: Current state and future perspectives
- 1 February 2017
- Published by Elsevier in Environment International
- Vol. 99, 131-150
Top Cited PapersMeasuring biomarkers in wastewater as a new source of epidemiological information: Current state and future perspectives
- Open Access
- 1 October 2016
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 16 (1) , 1-11
Comparison of pharmaceutical, illicit drug, alcohol, nicotine and caffeine levels in wastewater with sale, seizure and consumption data for 8 European cities
Monitoring the scale of pharmaceuticals, illicit and licit drugs consumption is important to assess the needs of law enforcement and public health, and provides more information about the different trends within different countries. Community drug use patterns are usually described by national surveys, sales and seizure data. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been shown to be a reliable approach complementing such surveys. This study aims to compare and correlate the consumption estimates of pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, alcohol, nicotine and caffeine from wastewater analysis and other sources of information. Wastewater samples were collected in 2015 from 8 different European cities over a one week period, representing a population of approximately 5 million people. Published pharmaceutical sale, illicit drug seizure and alcohol, tobacco and caffeine use data were used for the comparison. High agreement was found between wastewater and other data sources for pharmaceuticals and cocaine, whereas amphetamines, alcohol and caffeine showed a moderate correlation. methamphetamine and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and nicotine did not correlate with other sources of data. Most of the poor correlations were explained as part of the uncertainties related with the use estimates and were improved with other complementary sources of data. This work confirms the promising future of WBE as a complementary approach to obtain a more accurate picture of substance use situation within different communities. Our findings suggest further improvements to reduce the uncertainties associated with both sources of information in order to make the data more comparable.
- 1 October 2016
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Public Health
- Vol. 16 (1) , 1-11
Open AccessComparison of pharmaceutical, illicit drug, alcohol, nicotine and caffeine levels in wastewater with sale, seizure and consumption data for 8 European cities
Monitoring the scale of pharmaceuticals, illicit and licit drugs consumption is important to assess the needs of law enforcement and public health, and provides more information about the different trends within different countries. Community drug use patterns are usually described by national surveys, sales and seizure data. Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) has been shown to be a reliable approach complementing such surveys. This study aims to compare and correlate the consumption estimates of pharmaceuticals, illicit drugs, alcohol, nicotine and caffeine from wastewater analysis and other sources of information. Wastewater samples were collected in 2015 from 8 different European cities over a one week period, representing a population of approximately 5 million people. Published pharmaceutical sale, illicit drug seizure and alcohol, tobacco and caffeine use data were used for the comparison. High agreement was found between wastewater and other data sources for pharmaceuticals and cocaine, whereas amphetamines, alcohol and caffeine showed a moderate correlation. methamphetamine and 3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and nicotine did not correlate with other sources of data. Most of the poor correlations were explained as part of the uncertainties related with the use estimates and were improved with other complementary sources of data. This work confirms the promising future of WBE as a complementary approach to obtain a more accurate picture of substance use situation within different communities. Our findings suggest further improvements to reduce the uncertainties associated with both sources of information in order to make the data more comparable.