Has previous abuse of flunitrazepam been replaced by clonazepam?

European Addiction Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 217-221

  Høiseth, Gudrun ^a,b   Middelkoop, Gerrit ^a   Mørland, Jørg ^a   Gjerde, Hallvard ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b DIAKONHJEMMET HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Abuse; Benzodiazepines; Clonazepam; Flunitrazepam

Indexed keywords

CLONAZEPAM; FLUNITRAZEPAM; ILLICIT DRUG; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRIVER; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG MISUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CAR DRIVING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCRIPTION DRUG DIVERSION; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOMOBILE DRIVING; CLONAZEPAM; FEMALE; FLUNITRAZEPAM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PRESCRIPTION DRUG DIVERSION; PRESCRIPTION DRUG MISUSE; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928138326     PISSN: 10226877     EISSN: 14219891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000377628     Document Type: Article

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