Illy: Clinical and public health implications of a street drug

Substance Abuse

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 45-51

  D'Onofrio, Gail ^a,c   McCausland, Julie B ^b   Tarabar, Asim F ^a   Degutis, Linda C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Section of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Phencyclidine; Street drug; Substance abuse; Urine toxicology

Indexed keywords

PHENCYCLIDINE; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALCOHOL-RELATED DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG COMBINATIONS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FORMALDEHYDE; HUMANS; MALE; MARIJUANA ABUSE; MENTAL DISORDERS; METHANOL; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33947160166     PISSN: 08897077     EISSN: 15470164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J465v27n04_06     Document Type: Article

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