An Introduction to the Practice, Prevalence and Chemical Toxicology of Volatile Substance Abuse
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Human Toxicology
- Vol. 8 (4) , 261-269
- https://doi.org/10.1177/096032718900800403
Abstract
1 Volatile substance abuse is largely a teenage practice; it is estimated that in the UK 3.5-10% of young people have at least experimented and that 0.5-1% are current users.Keywords
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