Inhalant Abuse: Monitoring Trends by Using Poison Control Data, 1993–2008

Inhalant abuse: monitoring trends by using poison control data, 1993-2008.

PURPOSE To demonstrate the value of poison control data as an adjunct to national drug abuse surveys and a source of data to inform and focus prevention efforts. METHODS National Poison Data System (NPDS) data are collected and compiled in real time by the 60 US poison centers as callers seek guidance for poison exposures. Demographic, geographic, product, outcome, and treatment-site data for...

Monitoring trends in dextromethorphan abuse using the National Poison Data System: 2000-2010.

CONTEXT Dextromethorphan (DXM) abuse persists among US youth and should be closely monitored because of the risks of severe medical complications, addiction, and psychiatric sequelae. Prior investigations have demonstrated DXM to be an emerging drug of abuse with increasing national prevalence through 2004. OBJECTIVE To extend existing substance abuse survey results by describing demographic,...

Inhalant abuse.

Inhalant abuse - also known as volatile substance abuse, solvent abuse, sniffing, huffing and bagging - is the deliberate inhalation of a volatile substance to achieve an altered mental state. Inhalant abuse is a worldwide problem that is especially common in individuals from minority and marginalized populations, and is strongly correlated with the social determinants of health. It often affec...

Monitoring Fuzzy Capability Index $widetilde{C}_{pk}$ by Using the EWMA Control Chart with Imprecise Data

A manufacturing process cannot be released to production until it has been proven to be stable. Also, we cannot begin to talk about process capability until we have demonstrated stability in our process. This means that the process variation is the result of random causes only and all assignable or special causes have been removed. In complicated manufacturing processes, such as drilling proces...

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