The involvement of gamma-hydroxybutyrate in reported sexual assaults: A systematic review

Journal of Psychopharmacology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1281-1287

  Németh, Zsófia ^a,c   Kun, Bernadette ^a,b   Demetrovics, Zsolt ^a,b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b National Institute for Drug Prevention   (Hungary)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Date rape; drug facilitated sexual assault; GHB

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID;

CAUCASIAN; HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPE; REVIEW; SEXUAL CRIME; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; RAPE; SODIUM OXYBATE; STREET DRUGS; TRANQUILIZING AGENTS; VIOLENCE;

EID: 77956212247     PISSN: 02698811     EISSN: 14617285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269881110363315     Document Type: Review

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