Lomotil (diphenoxylate) dependence in India

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 248-250

  Mehra, Aseem ^a   Sarkar, Siddharth ^a   Basu, Debasish ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Dependence; diphenoxylate; India; lomotil; opioids

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886286915     PISSN: 02537176     EISSN: 09751564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.119474     Document Type: Article

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