Cocaine abuse in later life: A case series and review of the literature

Primary Care Companion to the Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Yarnell, Stephanie C ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; CANNABIS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CASE REPORT; COCAINE ABUSE; COCAINE DEPENDENCE; CRIME; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DETOXIFICATION; ELECTROLYTE DISTURBANCE; HUMAN; KNEE PAIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RELAPSE; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84944339187     PISSN: 15235998     EISSN: 1555211X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/PCC.14r01727     Document Type: Article

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