Glue solvents: abuse and harmful effects on health

Authors

  • Maria de Fátima Menezes Pedrozo Instituto Médico Legal do Estado de São Paulo
  • Maria Elisa Pereira Bastos de Siqueira Escola de Farmácia e Odontologia de Alfenas; Departamento de Fisiologia e Farmacologia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101989000400009

Keywords:

Substance abuse occurrence, Solvents^i2^spoison

Abstract

In Brazil, glue sniffing has been of growing concern due to the increasing number of abusers, most of them children and teen-agers of low socio-economic level. This review article presents some aspects of this kind of abuse, with special emphasis on the deleterious effects of acute and/or chronic solvent inhalation (glue-sniffing).

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Published

1989-08-01

Issue

Vol. 23 No. 4 (1989)

Section

Current Comments

How to Cite

Pedrozo, M. de F. M., & Siqueira, M. E. P. B. de. (1989). Glue solvents: abuse and harmful effects on health. Revista De Saúde Pública, 23(4), 336-340. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0034-89101989000400009