Use of and attitudes toward club drugs by medical students

Journal of Addictive Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 35-42

  Horowitz, Alex ^a   Galanter, Marc ^a   Dermatis, Helen ^a   Franklin, John ^b  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Club drug use; Medical students; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; COCAINE; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; FLUNITRAZEPAM; KETAMINE; LYSERGIDE; METHAMPHETAMINE; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; INTRAVENOUS ANESTHETIC AGENT; OXYBATE SODIUM; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PREVALENCE; ADDICTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANESTHETICS, INTRAVENOUS; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; DEXTROMETHORPHAN; EXCITATORY AMINO ACID ANTAGONISTS; FEMALE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HALLUCINOGENS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KETAMINE; LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; N-METHYL-3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYAMPHETAMINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SODIUM OXYBATE; STREET DRUGS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63249097144     PISSN: 10550887     EISSN: 15450848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10550880802324705     Document Type: Article

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