Inhalant abuse (typewriter correction fluid) in street children

Journal of Addiction Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 175-177

  Praharaj, Samir Kumar ^a   Verma, Pankaj ^b   Arora, Manu ^b  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY   (India)

^b SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Abuse; Inhalants; Solvent; Street children; Typewriter correction fluid

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349290710     PISSN: 19320620     EISSN: 19353227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e31817be5bc     Document Type: Article

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