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dc.contributor.authorBigdeli, Imanollah
dc.contributor.authorCorazza, Ornella
dc.contributor.authorAslanpour, Zoe
dc.contributor.authorSchifano, Fabrizio
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-11T07:45:49Z
dc.date.available2013-06-11T07:45:49Z
dc.date.issued2013-05-01
dc.identifier.citationBigdeli , I , Corazza , O , Aslanpour , Z & Schifano , F 2013 , ' Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) : a Study on Persian Language Websites ' , Iranian Journal of Public Health , vol. 42 , no. 5 , pp. 511-5 . < http://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/4540 >
dc.identifier.issn2251-6093
dc.identifier.otherPubMedCentral: PMC3684460
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-2567-0540/work/43417779
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-7371-319X/work/98163933
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2299/10743
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: During the past few years, there has been an increasing recognition that Internet is playing a significant role in the synthesis, the distribution and the consumption of Novel Psychoactive Substances (NPS).The aim of this study was to assess the online availability of NPS in Persian language websites. METHODS: The Google search engine was used to carry out an accurate qualitative assessment of information available on NPS in a sample of 104 websites. RESULTS: The monitoring has led to the identification of 14 NPS including herbal, synthetic, pharmaceutical and combination drugs that have been sold online. CONCLUSION: The availability of online marketing of NPS in Persian language websites may constitute a public health challenge at least across three Farsi-speaking countries in the Middle East. Hence, descriptions of this phenomenon are valuable to clinicians and health professional in this region. Further international collaborative efforts may be able to tackle the growth and expansion of regular offer of NPS.en
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofIranian Journal of Public Health
dc.subjectNovel psychoactive substances, Internet, Persian language, Online marketing
dc.titleNovel Psychoactive Substances (NPS) : a Study on Persian Language Websitesen
dc.contributor.institutionSchool of Life and Medical Sciences
dc.contributor.institutionHealth & Human Sciences Research Institute
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Postgraduate Medicine
dc.contributor.institutionPostgraduate Medicine
dc.contributor.institutionCentre for Clinical Practice, Safe Medicines and Drug Misuse Research
dc.contributor.institutionHealth Services and Medicine
dc.contributor.institutionPublic Health
dc.contributor.institutionPrescription and Illicit Drug Misuse
dc.contributor.institutionDepartment of Pharmacy
dc.contributor.institutionPatient and Medicines Safety
dc.contributor.institutionWeight and Obesity Research Group
dc.description.statusPeer reviewed
dc.identifier.urlhttp://ijph.tums.ac.ir/index.php/ijph/article/view/4540
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