Active Brazilian crack cocaine users: nutritional, anthropometric, and drug use profiles

Objective: To evaluate the nutritional status of crack users and to analyze its correlation with drug use profiles. Methods: Cross-sectional study with 108 crack users. Anthropometric data were assessed through body mass index (BMI) and bioimpedance (BIA) measurements. A blood test to analyze hemat...

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Main Authors: Mariana Escobar, Juliana N. Scherer, Cassia M. Soares, Luciano S.P. Guimarães, Martine E. Hagen, Lisia von Diemen, Flavio Pechansky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2018-02-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462018005002106&lng=en&tlng=en