Chronic toluene misuse among Roma youth in eastern Slovakia

Substance Use and Misuse

Volumn 46, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 57-61

  Važan, Peter ^a   Khan, Maria R ^b   Poduška, Ondřej ^c   Št'Astná, Lenka ^d   Miovský, Michal ^d  

^a NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Society of Community Centers   (Slovakia)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

field social workers; Roma (Gypsy) minority; sniffing huffing; toluene misuse

Indexed keywords

SOLVENT; TOLUENE;

ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; GIPSY; HUMAN; INHALANT ABUSE; INTERVIEW; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLOVAKIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; GYPSIES; HUMANS; INHALANT ABUSE; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SLOVAKIA; SOLVENTS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TOLUENE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79957626720     PISSN: 10826084     EISSN: 15322491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10826084.2011.580213     Document Type: Article

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