Possible social relevance of illicit psychotropic substances present in the atmosphere

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 412-413, Issue , 2011, Pages 87-92

  Cecinato, Angelo ^a   Balducci, Catia ^a   Guerriero, Ettore ^a   Sprovieri, Francesca ^a   Cofone, Franco ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airborne particulate; Clinical statistics; Criminal statistics; Drug prevalence indexes; Psychotropic substances

Indexed keywords

AIRBORNE PARTICULATE; ATMOSPHERIC CONCENTRATION; CANNABINOIDS; CLINICAL TREATMENTS; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG PREVALENCE; HEALTH EFFECTS; ILLICIT DRUG; ITALIAN REGIONS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHOTROPIC SUBSTANCES; SOCIAL IMPACT;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; POLLUTION;

CRIME;

CANNABINOID; COCAINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CRIME; DRUG USER; PARAMETERIZATION; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOCIAL IMPACT;

AIR POLLUTANT; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC DEPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRIME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ABUSE; HEALTH HAZARD; ITALY; MENTAL DISEASE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SECURITY; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; URBAN HYGIENE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CANNABINOIDS; COCAINE; CRIME; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; ITALY; MENTAL DISORDERS; PARTICULATE MATTER; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SEASONS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ITALY;

EID: 84855825671     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.04.063     Document Type: Article

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