Benzodiazepine dependence among multidrug users in the club scene

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 119, Issue 1-2, 2011, Pages 99-105

  Kurtz, Steven P ^a   Surratt, Hilary L ^a   Levi Minzi, Maria A ^a   Mooss, Angela ^a  

^a NOVA SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Benzodiazepine; Club drugs; Drug dependence; Young adult

Indexed keywords

3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYMETHAMPHETAMINE; ALPRAZOLAM; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; CLONAZEPAM; COCAINE; DIAZEPAM; LORAZEPAM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PROBLEM; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ANTI-ANXIETY AGENTS; BENZODIAZEPINES; COCAINE-RELATED DISORDERS; CRIME VICTIMS; DRUG USERS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HUMANS; HYPNOTICS AND SEDATIVES; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPHARMACY; PRESCRIPTION DRUGS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESTAURANTS; RISK FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80054980181     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: 18790046     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.05.036     Document Type: Article

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