Trapped in the "K-hole": Overview of deaths associated with ketamine misuse in the UK (1993-2006) [9]

Journal of Clinical Psychopharmacology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 114-116

  Schifano, Fabrizio ^a,b   Corkery, John ^b   Oyefeso, Adenekan ^b   Tonia, Thomy ^b   Ghodse, Abdol Hamid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; COCAINE; KETAMINE; OPIATE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG MISUSE; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, DISSOCIATIVE; BEHAVIOR, ADDICTIVE; DELUSIONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HALLUCINATIONS; HUMANS; KETAMINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECEPTORS, N-METHYL-D-ASPARTATE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 38349137364     PISSN: 02710749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCP.0b013e3181612cdc     Document Type: Letter

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