Both salt: They are not what you think

Journal of Psychosocial Nursing and Mental Health Services

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 17-21

  Wieland, Diane M ^a   Halter, Margaret J ^b   Levine, Ciara ^a  

^a LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ASHLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,3 BENZODIOXOLE DERIVATIVE; 3,4 METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE; 3,4-METHYLENEDIOXYPYROVALERONE; 4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DESIGNER DRUG; DRUG DERIVATIVE; METHAMPHETAMINE; METHYLONE; PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVE; STREET DRUG;

ADDICTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PARANOID PSYCHOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

BENZODIOXOLES; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DESIGNER DRUGS; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHAMPHETAMINE; MIDDLE AGED; PARANOID DISORDERS; PSYCHOSES, SUBSTANCE-INDUCED; PYRROLIDINES; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE DETECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84857071545     PISSN: 02793695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/02793695-20120120-01     Document Type: Article

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