Endemic asthma inhaler abuse among antisocial adolescents

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 22-29

  Perron, Brian E ^a   Howard, Matthew O ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antisocial use; Asthma; Asthma inhalers; Inhalants; Volatile solvents

Indexed keywords

ANTIASTHMATIC AGENT; SOLVENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; CONFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZZINESS; DRUG MISUSE; EUPHORIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INHALER; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL STRESS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; SLURRED SPEECH; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, INHALATION; ADOLESCENT; ANTI-ASTHMATIC AGENTS; ANTISOCIAL PERSONALITY DISORDER; ASTHMA; BRONCHODILATOR AGENTS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; PREVALENCE; SOLVENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 43449090659     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.01.022     Document Type: Article

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