Substance Use in the Club Scene of Rome: A Pilot Study

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Vento, Alessandro Emiliano ^a   Martinotti, Giovanni ^b   Cinosi, Eduardo ^b   Lupi, Matteo ^b   Acciavatti, Tiziano ^b   Carrus, Dario ^c   Santacroce, Rita ^b   Chillemi, Eleonora ^d   Bonifaci, Ludovica ^d   Di Giannantonio, Massimo ^b   Corazza, Ornella ^e   Schifano, Fabrizio ^e  

^a ASL Roma B   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHIETI   (Italy)

^c Asl VT Osservatorio Sulle Dipendenze e sui Disturbi Psichici Sotto Soglia   (Italy)

^d LUMSA UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; 4' METHYLMETHCATHINONE; AMPHETAMINE DERIVATIVE; AMYL NITRITE; CANNABINOID; CATHINONE; COCAINE; ILLICIT DRUG; KETAMINE; LEVACETYLMETHADOL; LYSERGIDE; METHAMPHETAMINE; PHENETHYLAMINE DERIVATIVE; PIPERAZINE DERIVATIVE; PSILOCYBINE; PSYCHEDELIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT; RECREATIONAL DRUG; TRYPTAMINE DERIVATIVE; STREET DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HABIT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIPLE DRUG ABUSE; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; QUESTIONNAIRE; SALVIA DIVINORUM; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE USE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS; QUESTIONNAIRES; ROME; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930368621     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/617546     Document Type: Article

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