New drugs on the internet: The case of Camfetamine

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Cinosi, Eduardo ^a,b   Corazza, Ornella ^b   Santacroce, Rita ^a,b   Lupi, Matteo ^a   Acciavatti, Tiziano ^a   Martinotti, Giovanni ^a   Di Giannantonio, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; CAMFETAMINE; CENTRAL STIMULANT AGENT; DOPAMINE RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; N METHYL 3 PHENYL NORBORNAN 2 AMINE; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RECREATIONAL DRUG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; STREET DRUG;

ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; DRUG MISUSE; HUMAN; INTERNET; LEISURE; NONHUMAN; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

DOPAMINE AGONISTS; HUMANS; INTERNET; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 84907930032     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/419026     Document Type: Article

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