Assessing cognition following petrol sniffing for Indigenous Australians

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 631-639

  Dingwall, Kylie M ^a   Lewis, Matthew S ^a,b   Maruff, Paul ^b,c   Cairney, Sheree ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b CogState Ltd ^*  (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cognition; Indigenous; Petrol sniffing; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; GASOLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SNIFFING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE; ADDICTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GASOLINE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77953850948     PISSN: 00048674     EISSN: 14401614     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00048671003627405     Document Type: Article

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