Emergence of a methamphetamine crisis in Iran

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-224

  Shariatirad, Schwann ^a   Maarefvand, Masoomeh ^b   Ekhtiari, Hamed ^a,c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c INSTITUTE FOR COGNITIVE SCIENCE STUDIES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Drug of abuse market; Iran; Methamphetamine

Indexed keywords

METHAMPHETAMINE;

DRUG ABUSE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; IRAN; LETTER;

AMPHETAMINE-RELATED DISORDERS; HUMANS; IRAN; METHAMPHETAMINE;

EID: 84874944924     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dar.12014     Document Type: Letter

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