Epidemiology of recreational drug toxicity in a nightclub environment

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1495-1502

  Wood, David M ^a   Nicolaou, Michelle ^b   Dargan, Paul I ^a  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b Vauxhall Gay Business Forum   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cocaine; Epidemiology; Gamma hydroxybutyrate; Gammabutyrolactone; Ketamine; MDMA; Medical assistance; Nightclub environments; Recreational drugs; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; 4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; AMPHETAMINE; COCAINE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; KETAMINE; RECREATIONAL DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION;

ADULT; DRUG TOXICITY; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONDON; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; STREET DRUGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350102176     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826080802543580     Document Type: Article

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