Factors associated with adverse reactions to cocaine among a sample of long-term, high-dose users in São Paulo, Brazil

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 365-374

  Ferri, Cleusa P ^a   Dunn, John ^b   Gossop, Michael ^a   Laranjeira, Ronaldo ^c  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adverse reactions; Cocaine; Crack cocaine; Nonfatal overdose

Indexed keywords

COCAINE; TRANQUILIZER;

ADULT; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CHILL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVULSION; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG FATALITY; DYSPNEA; FEAR; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEIZURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0347722233     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2003.08.029     Document Type: Article

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