Ranking of drugs: A more balanced risk-assessment

The Lancet

Volumn 376, Issue 9752, 2010, Pages 1524-1525

  Van Amsterdam, Jan ^a   Van Den Brink, Wim ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c AMSTERDAM INSTITUTE FOR ADDICTION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; RECREATIONAL DRUG;

DRUG CLASSIFICATION; DRUG CONTROL; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG USE; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; MUSHROOM; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78149362326     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62000-4     Document Type: Note

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