NIDA Research Monograph, Number 129 [Printed in 1992]
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Table of Contents
Introduction to Inhalant Abuse-----1
Charles W. Sharp
Section I
Volatile Solvent Abuse: Trends and Patterns-----13
Fred Beauvais
Epidemiology of Volatile Substance Abuse: The Texas Experience-----43
Eric V. Fredlund
Epidemiology of Inhalant Abuse: A Canadian View-----51
Reginald G. Smart
Section II
Psychosocial Characteristics and Their Links With Inhalants: A Research Agenda-----59
E. R. Oetting and Jay Webb
Ethnomethodology, Psychosocial Measures, and Inhalant Abuse Research-----99
Joseph E. Trimble
Comments on Psychosocial Characteristics-----111
Daniel L. Creson
Section III
Solvent Toxicity: A Neurological Focus-----117
Neil Rosenberg and Charles W. Sharp
Clinical/Biophysiologic Aspects of Inhalant Abuse-----173
Milton Tenenbein
Death Among Inhalant Abusers-----181
James C. Garriott
Sudden Sniffing Death Following Inhalation of Butane and Propane: Changing Trends-----193
Earl Siegel and Suman Wason
Section IV
Treatment of Volatile Solvent Abusers-----203
Pamela Jumper-Thurman and Fred Beauvais
A Longitudinal Study of Inhalant Use: Implications for Treatment and Prevention-----215
D. Dwayne Simpson
Treatment and Prevention Research Issues-----229
Leo E. Hollister
Section V
Animal Research on Solvent Abuse-----233
Gordon T. Pryor
Basic Science Solvent Abuse Research Issues-----259
Richard A. Meisch
Animal Research as a Guide to Regulation and Prevention of Solvent Abuse-----263
Ronald W. Wood
Section VI
An Industrial/Economic Perspective of Inhalant Abuse-----275
Robert P. Giovacchini
Development of Alternative Fluorocarbons-----287
Henry J. Trochimowicz
Section VII
Recommendations-----301
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