Neuropsychological assessment of current and past crack cocaine users

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 1941-1957

  De Oliveira, Lúcio Garcia ^a   Barroso, Lcia Pereira ^a   Silveira, Camila Magalhães ^a   Van Der Meer Sanchez, Zila ^c,d   De Carvalho Ponce, Julio ^b   Vaz, Leonardo José ^d   Nappo, Solange Aparecida ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Center for Information on Health and Alcohol (CISA)   (Brazil)

^c Brazilian Center for Information on Psychotropic Drugs   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Cocaine; Cognition; Crack cocaine; Drugs; Memory; Neuropsychology

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADULT; AFFECT; ATTENTION; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; COGNITION; CRACK COCAINE; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SELF ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 72849122804     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826080902848897     Document Type: Article

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