• DOI:10.1177/096032718900800403
Corpus ID: 19617950

An Introduction to the Practice, Prevalence and Chemical Toxicology of Volatile Substance Abuse

@article{Ramsey1989AnIT,
  title={An Introduction to the Practice, Prevalence and Chemical Toxicology of Volatile Substance Abuse},
  author={J. Ramsey and H. Anderson and K. Bloor and R. Flanagan},
  journal={Human & Experimental Toxicology},
  year={1989},
  volume={8},
  pages={261 - 269}
}

J. Ramsey, H. Anderson, +1 author R. Flanagan

Published 1989

Medicine

Human & Experimental Toxicology

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. 2 The products abused are many and varied but only about 20 chemical compounds, notably toluene, chlorinated solvents such as 1,1,1-trichloroethane, fuel gases such as butane and aerosol propellants, are commonly encountered. 3 The acute hazard varies with the compound, product and mode of abuse. Mortality in the UK is now… CONTINUE READING

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