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Introduction
Alcohol, tobacco and illicit drug use combined are the largest modifiable health risk factors. Wastewater‐based epidemiology (WBE) is a complementary approach for monitoring substance use in the population. In this study we applied WBE technique to a community in the Moscow region to estimate population‐level consumption of alcohol, tobacco and morphine.
Methods
Wastewater sampling...