Table 2 |
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Local use of cocaine in the River Po basin and medium-size Italian cities, as estimated from BE levels in waters |
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| Estimated local cocaine use |
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| per 1000 people |
per 1000 young adultsa |
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| g/day |
no. dosesb/day |
g/day |
no. dosesb/day |
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| River Po |
0.70 ± 0.13c |
7.0 ± 1.3c |
2.7 ± 0.5c |
27 ± 5c |
| WWTPsd |
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| Cagliari |
0.47 |
4.7 |
1.7 |
17 |
| Cuneo |
0.21 |
2.1 |
0.9 |
9 |
| Latina |
0.73 |
7.4 |
2.6 |
26 |
| Varese |
0.32 |
3.2 |
1.4 |
14 |
| 0.44 ± 0.23c |
4.4 ± 2.3c |
1.7 ± 0.7c |
17 ± 7c |
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a15–34 yr old b1 dose = 100 mg cMean ± SD dWaste water treatment plant locations |
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Zuccato et al. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source 2005 4:14 doi:10.1186/1476-069X-4-14 |
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