Inhalant abuse in the military: An unrecognized threat

Military Medicine

Volumn 172, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 388-392

  Lacy, Benjamin W ^a   Ditzler, Thomas F ^a  

^a TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; MALE; MILITARY MEDICINE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

EID: 34247536350     PISSN: 00264075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7205/MILMED.172.4.388     Document Type: Article

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