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Abuse of inhalants: a review
Author(s) -
DINWIDDIE STEPHEN H.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
addiction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.424
H-Index - 193
eISSN - 1360-0443
pISSN - 0965-2140
DOI - 10.1111/j.1360-0443.1994.tb03348.x
Subject(s) - intoxicative inhalant , addiction , epidemiology , substance abuse , medicine , psychiatry , toxicology , biology
Inhalants, a chemically heterogeneous group of psychoactive substances found in adhesives, lighter fluids, spray paints, cleaning fluids and typewriter correction fluid, may be used by up to 10% of young people. This article reviews the health effects, epidemiology, risk of other substance use and addiction and psychiatric co‐morbidity associated with the practice of inhalant use.