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Mental Disorders > Substance-Related Disorders > Inhalant Abuse
Chemically-Induced Disorders > Substance-Related Disorders > Inhalant Abuse

Preferred term

Inhalant Abuse  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Glue Sniffing
  • Glue Sniffings

Scope note

  • Illicit use of chemicals and products whose vapors can be inhaled to produce a rapid mind-altering effect. Inhalants include aerosols, gases, and volatile solvents that are often inhaled repeatedly to achieve the short-lived intoxicating effect.

History note

  • 2011; for Glue Sniffing, use Substance-Related Disorders 1981-2010; Glue Sniffing was a heading 1969-1980

In other languages

  • imppaus

    Finnish

  • liuotinaineiden haitallinen käyttö
  • Sniffning

    Swedish

  • Limsniffning
  • Missbruk av lösningsmedel

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D058545

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