Rohypnol misuse in the United States

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 723-731

  Saum, Christine A ^a,b,c   Inciardi, James A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Drug policy; Flunitrazepam; Rohypnol misuse; Youth drug use

Indexed keywords

FLUNITRAZEPAM;

ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MISUSE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEDATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030965017     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826089709039372     Document Type: Article

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