Cocaine-related health emergencies in Europe: A review of sources of information, trends and implications for service development

European Addiction Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 74-81

  Mena, Guillermo ^a,b   Giraudon, Isabelle ^a   Álvarez, Elena ^c   Corkery, John M ^d   Matias, João ^a   Grasaasen, Kari ^e   Llorens, Noelia ^c   Griffiths, Paul ^a   Vicente, Julian ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION   (Portugal)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c Ministry of Health   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^e Sundhedsstyrelsen   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cocaine related health consequences; Health emergency services; Illegal drug use

Indexed keywords

COCAINE;

ACCIDENT; ARTICLE; AUTOMUTILATION; BELGIUM; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DRUG INTOXICATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MONITORING; EUROPE; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IRELAND; LITHUANIA; MEDICAL AUDIT; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOVENIA; SPAIN; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; UNLICENSED DRUG USE; VIOLENCE;

EID: 84874057605     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: 14219891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000341719     Document Type: Article

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