Pharmaceutical products declared by US residents on returning to the United States from Mexico

Clinical Therapeutics

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1242-1251

  McKeithan, E Kristin ^a   Shepherd, Marvin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; AMFEPRAMONE; CARISOPRODOL; CLOBENZOREX; CODEINE; DEXTROPROPOXYPHENE; DIAZEPAM; DIMINEX; FLUNITRAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM; METHYLPHENIDATE; NALBUPHINE; NAPROXEN; NEOPERCODAN; OXYCODONE; PARACETAMOL; PHENTERMINE; QUAL; SOMALGESIC; TRIAZOLAM; TYLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MEXICO; POLICY; PURCHASING; RESIDENT; TRAVEL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030499286     PISSN: 01492918     EISSN: 1879114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-2918(96)80079-8     Document Type: Article

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