Exposure to bath salts and synthetic tetrahydrocannabinol from 2009 to 2012 in the United States

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 213-216

  Wood, Kelly E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC SALT; TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATH; CANNABIS ADDICTION; CHILD; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKALOIDS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM STIMULANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRONABINOL; HALLUCINOGENS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879422967     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: 10976833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2012.12.056     Document Type: Article

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