Brazilian female crack users show elevated serum aluminum levels

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 39-42

  Pechansky, Flavio ^a   Kessler, Felix Henrique Paim ^a   Von Diemen, Lisia ^a   Bumaguin, Daniela Benzano ^a   Surratt, Hilary L ^b   Inciardi, James A ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aluminum; Crack cocaine; Public health; Serum; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COCAINE;

ADULT; ALUMINUM BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BRAZIL; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; REFERENCE VALUE; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALUMINUM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; BRAZIL; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRACK COCAINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 34147141993     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462006005000034     Document Type: Article

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