Party on? BZP party pills in New Zealand

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 1249, 2007, Pages

  Gee, Paul ^a   Fountain, John S ^b  

^a CHRISTCHURCH HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1 BENZYLPIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; ALCOHOL; AMPHETAMINE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2 INHIBITOR; PIPERAZINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; THALIDOMIDE; 1 BENZYLPIPERAZINE; 1-BENZYLPIPERAZINE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; STREET DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COLLAPSE; CONFUSION; CULTURAL FACTOR; DECISION MAKING; DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG LABELING; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG PACKAGING; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG SAFETY; EDITORIAL; EMERGENCY CARE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEADACHE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HYPONATREMIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LEGAL ASPECT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; NEW ZEALAND; POSTMARKETING SURVEILLANCE; PRESCRIPTION; SEIZURE; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; VOMITING; NOTE;

HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; PIPERAZINES; STREET DRUGS;

EID: 33847280489     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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