The use of ecstasy (MDMA) in São Paulo city and surroundings: An ethnographic study;O uso de êxtase (MDMA) na cidade de São Paulo e imediações: Um estudo etnográfico

Jornal Brasileiro de Psiquiatria

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 81-89

  Campos Baptista, Murilo ^a,b,e   Noto, Ana Regina ^c   Nappo, Solange ^d   De Araújo Carlini, Elisaldo ^d  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Sociais   (Brazil)

^c Centro Brasiliero de Informações sobre Drogas Psicotróopicas Cebrid

^d Cebrid ^*  (Brazil)

^e Cebrid Centro Brasileiro de Informações sobre Drogas Psicotrópicas   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Drug use; Ecstacy; Ethnography; MDMA; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; CANNABIS; KETAMINE; NITRITE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; DRUG ABUSE; EDUCATION; ETHNOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARKET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; MUSIC; OBSERVATION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 19544391657     PISSN: 00472085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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