Deaths from "legal highs": A problem of definitions

The Lancet

Volumn 383, Issue 9921, 2014, Pages 952-

  King, Leslie A ^a   Nutt, David J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENOL; 4 METHOXYAMPHETAMINE; ANABOLIC AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; CATHA EDULIS EXTRACT; CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE; PHENAZEPAM; HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; METHAMPHETAMINE; P METHOXYAMPHETAMINE; P METHOXYMETHYLAMPHETAMINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAUSE OF DEATH; DRUG INTOXICATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED KINGDOM; DEATH; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED NATIONS;

GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84896138764     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: 1474547X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60479-7     Document Type: Letter

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