Adolescent inhalant abuse leads to other drug use and impaired growth; implications for diagnosis

Rose Crossin; Sheree Cairney; Andrew J Lawrence; Jhodie R Duncan

Journal article

Adolescent inhalant abuse leads to other drug use and impaired growth; implications for diagnosis

Rose Crossin, Sheree Cairney, Andrew J Lawrence, Jhodie R Duncan

AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH | WILEY | Published : 2017

DOI: 10.1111/1753-6405.12595

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Jhodie Duncan Author Anatomy and Physiology

Andrew Lawrence Author Florey Department of Neuroscience and Mental Health

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Funding Acknowledgements

The authors thank Dr Chris Burns and Professor Paul Maruff for data collection. The research was supported by NHMRC (940835), of which AJL is a Principal Research Fellow (1020737), the Australian Research Council (DP 110100379) of which JRD was a Future Fellow during the time of the study (100100235) and the Victorian Government's Operational Infrastructure Support Scheme.