Analysis of recreational drug samples obtained from patients presenting to a busy inner-city emergency department: A pilot study adding to knowledge on local recreational drug use

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 11-13

  Wood, David M ^a   Panayi, Ota ^b   Davies, Susannah ^c   Huggett, Denise ^d   Collignon, Ursula ^d   Ramsey, John ^c   Button, Jenny ^c   Holt, David W ^c   Dargan, Paul I ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; METHAMPHETAMINE; NITRITE; RECREATIONAL DRUG;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG USE; EMERGENCY WARD; HUMAN; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PHYSICAL PHASE; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE;

EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; OVERDOSE; PILOT PROJECTS; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING STUDIES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 78751470116     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2009.085142     Document Type: Article

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