The worldwide designer drug craze bath salts behind the counter to get high: U date for the clinical nurse specialist

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 224-225

  O'Malley, Patricia ^a  

^a MIAMI VALLEY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; BEHIND THE COUNTER DRUG; DESIGNER DRUG; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHAMPHETAMINE; STREET DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG LEGISLATION; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY NURSING; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEGAL ASPECT; NURSE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BEHIND-THE-COUNTER DRUGS; DESIGNER DRUGS; EMERGENCY NURSING; HUMANS; INTERNET; LEGISLATION, DRUG; METHAMPHETAMINE; NURSE CLINICIANS; STREET DRUGS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053927161     PISSN: 08876274     EISSN: 15389782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NUR.0b013e318229963f     Document Type: Article

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