Cough mixture misuse in Hong Kong - An emerging psychiatric problem?

Addiction

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1375-1378

  Lam, Linda C W ^a,c   Lee, Dominic T S ^a   Shum, Patrick P S ^b   Chen, C N ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b KWAI CHUNG HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENT; OPIATE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE NEUROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; ORGANIC BRAIN SYNDROME; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTITUSSIVE AGENTS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PATIENT ADMISSION; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 0029814730     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.1996.919137512.x     Document Type: Article

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