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Suggested Guidelines for Terminology Concerning Psychoactive Drugs
Author(s) -
Sinclair R.,
Batey R.G.,
Burns F. Harding,
Wodak A.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
australian drug and alcohol review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.018
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1465-3362
pISSN - 0819-5331
DOI - 10.1080/09595238680000541
Subject(s) - terminology , unanimity , emotive , subject (documents) , computer science , epistemology , philosophy , political science , linguistics , law , library science
The existing terminology relating to alcohol and other drugs, and recent publications on this subject, have been reviewed. Present terminology was found to be imprecise and emotive. There is no unanimity in several recent proposals for uniform terminology. A major objective has been to evolve a system of terminology which is precise, neutral and can be adopted for general use. Units preferred for expressing quantities and concentrations are also presented.