Erschienen in:
08.11.2020 | COVID-19 | Letter to the Editor
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Is COVID-19 the current world-wide pandemic having effects on the profile of psychoactive substance poisonings?
verfasst von:
Bruno Pereira dos Santos, Giovanna Cristiano de Gouveia, Sarah Eller, Ana Miguel Fonseca Pego, Viviane Cristina Sebben, Tiago Franco de Oliveira
Erschienen in:
Forensic Toxicology
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Ausgabe 1/2021
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Excerpt
Recent times have shown an increasing number of intoxication cases, resulting in damaging public health issues all around the globe, and Brazil is not an exception [
1]. Most of the cases observed denoted the use of psychoactive substances, such as recreational drugs and medication for psychiatric use [
2]. Currently, with the COVID-19 pandemic, both strict lockdown and general social distance rules have been recommended. The application of such public health control measures resulted in personal behavior alterations, considering that, during quarantine, individuals find themselves deprived of any social interactions, which can ultimately modulate the profile of poisonings [
3]. …