Drugs of abuse among acute psychiatric and medical admissions: laboratory based identification of prevalence and drug influence

General Hospital Psychiatry

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-60

  Mordal, Jon ^a   Bramness, Jørgen G ^b   Holm, Bjørn ^a   Mørland, Jørg ^b,c  

^a LOVISENBERG DIAKONALE HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Substance abuse detection, Toxicology, Psychiatric hospitals, Inpatients

Indexed keywords

ILLICIT DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PATIENT ADMISSION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37349058877     PISSN: 01638343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genhosppsych.2007.10.006     Document Type: Article

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