Analysis of online reports on the potential misuse of benzidamine;Analisi dei report online relativi al potenziale uso errato della benzidamina

Rivista di Psichiatria

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 182-186

  Schifano, Fabrizio ^a   Corazza, Ornella ^a,b   Marchi, Alessandro ^a   Melchiorre, Giuditta Di ^a   Sferrazza, Elias ^a   Enea, Aurora ^a   Davey, Zoe ^b   Blaszko, Ursula ^b   Deluca, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Benzydamine; Drug misuse; Psychonaut; ReDNet; Tantum Rosa

Indexed keywords

BENZYDAMINE;

ARTICLE; DRUG MISUSE; EUPHORIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SLEEP DISORDER; VISUAL HALLUCINATION;

BENZYDAMINE; HUMANS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNET; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84879031140     PISSN: 00356484     EISSN: 20382502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1708/1292.14286     Document Type: Article

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