Changes in patterns of injecting drug use in Hungary: A shift to synthetic cathinones

Drug Testing and Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 7-8, 2014, Pages 825-831

  Péterfi, Anna ^a   Tarján, Anna ^a   Horváth, Gergely Csaba ^a   Csesztregi, Tamás ^b   Nyírády, Adrienn ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b Institute for Forensic Sciences Budapest   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Heroin shortage; Injecting drugs use; Patterns of use; Synthetic cathinones

Indexed keywords

DRUG PRODUCTS;

CATHINONE; DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM; DRUG MARKETS; HEROIN SHORTAGE; HUNGARY; INJECTING DRUG USE; MARKET CHANGES; PATTERN OF USE; QUALITATIVE STUDY; SYNTHETIC CATHINONE;

COMMERCE;

4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; AMPHETAMINE; CATHINONE; COCAINE; DESIGNER DRUG; DIAMORPHINE; ILLICIT DRUG; ALKALOID; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HARM REDUCTION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUNGARY; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MARKET; MORTALITY; NEEDLE; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SYRINGE; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INJECTION; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

ALKALOIDS; DRUG USERS; HEROIN; HUMANS; HUNGARY; INJECTIONS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84904541448     PISSN: 19427603     EISSN: 19427611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dta.1625     Document Type: Article

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