Overview of literature and information on "khat-related" mortality: A call for recognition of the issue and further research

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 445-464

  Corkery, John M ^a,b   Schifano, Fabrizio ^a,b   Oyefeso, Adenekan ^a   Ghodse, A Hamid ^a   Tonia, Thomy ^c   Naidoo, Vinesha ^a   Button, Jennifer ^d  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Catha edulis; Death; Khat; Mortality; Qat; Review

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADDICTION; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ASPHYXIA; CATHA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUTH TUMOR; NEOPLASM; PLANT LEAF; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; ASPHYXIA; CATHA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS; PLANT LEAVES; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84555219950     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/ANN_11_04_17     Document Type: Review

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