Commentary on Lai et al. (2018): Potential and limitations of wastewater-based epidemiology in monitoring substance use

Hayley E. Jones; Neil Goulding; Matthew Hickman

doi:10.1111/add.14207

Commentary on Lai et al. (2018): Potential and limitations of wastewater-based epidemiology in monitoring substance use

Hayley E. Jones^*
, Neil Goulding
, Matthew Hickman

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Wastewater-based epidemiology (WBE) could be used to evaluate public health interventions aimed at reducing substance use and potentially could contribute to prevalence estimates when modelled in combination with other data sources. However, it is unlikely to replace other methods just yet due to difficulties in obtaining and analysing sufficient samples and the limited evidence base around
excretion factors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1137-1138
Number of pages	2
Journal	Addiction
Volume	113
Issue number	6
Early online date	6 May 2018
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/add.14207
Publication status	Published - Jun 2018

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Keywords

Alcohol
estimating consumption
evaluation of public health interventions
prevalence
tobacco
wastewater

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