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Epidemiology of Inhalant Abuse: An International Perspective



NIDA Research Monograph, Number 148 [Printed in 1995]

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Table of Contents

Introduction-----1
Zili Sloboda, Nicholas Kozel, and Mario De La Rosa

Inhalant Use in the United States-----8
Ruth W. Edwards and E.R. Oetting

An Overview of Inhalant Abuse in Selected Countries of Asia and the Pacific Region-----29
Foong Kin and Vis Navaratnam

Inhalant Abuse in Bolivia-----50
Laura Edith Baldivieso

Inhalant Use Among Brazilian Youths-----64
Beatriz Carlini-Cotrim

Use of Inhalants in Colombia-----79
Luis F. Duque, Edgar Rodriguez, and Jaime Huertas

Inhalant Abuse: A Hungarian Review-----100
Eva Katona

Solvent Abuse Trends in Japan-----121
Hiroshi Suwaki

Epidemiology of Inhalant Abuse in Mexico-----136
Maria Elena Medina-Mora and Shoshana Berenzon

Epidemiology of Inhalant Abuse in Nigeria-----175
Isidore Silas Obot

Inhalants in Peru-----191
Roberto Lemer and Delicia Ferrando

Volatile Substance Abuse in the United Kingdom-----205
John Ramsey, Jennifer Taylor, H. Ross Anderson, and Robert J. Flanagan

Treatment Strategies for Volatile Solvent Abusers in the United States-----250
Pamela Jumper-Thurman, Burbara Plested, and Fred Beauvais

Gathering Epidemiologic Information on Inhalant Abuse: Some Methodological Issues-----260
Blanche Frank

Inhalants: A Policy Analysis of the Problem in the United States-----274
Henrick J. Harwood

Recommendations and Conclusions-----304
Zili Sloboda, Nicholas Kozel, and Mario De La Rosa




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