GC-MS confirmation of xylazine (Rompun), a veterinary sedative, in exchanged needles

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 290-293

  Rodríguez, Nayra ^a   Vargas Vidot, José ^b   Panelli, Juan ^c   Colón, Héctor ^d   Ritchie, Bob ^a   Yamamura, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b Community Research Initiative of Puerto Rico Inc ^*  (United States)

^c Proyecto Amor que Sana Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD CENTRAL DEL CARIBE   (United States)

Author keywords

Injection; Puerto Rico; Speedball; Xylazine

Indexed keywords

SEDATIVE AGENT; XYLAZINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLLEGE STUDENT; COMMUNITY; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJECTION; MALE; NEEDLE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SKIN ULCER; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYRINGE;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADOLESCENT; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; ADULT; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDLE SHARING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK-TAKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; SYRINGES; XYLAZINE;

EID: 46549083406     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.03.005     Document Type: Article

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