Volatile substance abuse: Experience from Al Amal hospital, Jeddah

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 374-375

  Omer, Abdel Aziz ^a   Ezzat, Baha Eldin ^a  

^a Al Amal Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUE; PAINT; SOLVENT; VOLATILE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 0033393685     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.1999.374     Document Type: Article

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