Development of a rational scale to assess the harm of drugs of potential misuse

Lancet

Volumn 369, Issue 9566, 2007, Pages 1047-1053

  Nutt, David ^a   King, Leslie A ^b   Saulsbury, William ^c   Blakemore, Colin ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c The Foundry   (United Kingdom)

^d MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALKYL GROUP; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; ILLICIT DRUG; KETAMINE; NITRITE; SOLVENT;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG MISUSE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOBACCO;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CONTROL, FORMAL; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33947194241     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60464-4     Document Type: Note

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