TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Inhalation of Computer Duster Spray among Adolescents: An Emerging Public Health Threat?
JO  - American journal of drug and alcohol abuse encompassing all addictive disorders
A1  - Garland, Eric L.
A1  - Howard, Matthew O.
SP  - 320
EP  - 324
VL  - 36
IS  - 6
N2  - Background: Anecdotal reports and recent medical examiner and poison control center studies suggest that computer duster spray (CDS) inhalation is an emerging public health threat. However, there is a current dearth of empirical data on CDS use. Objectives: Study aims were to examine the prevalence, frequency, correlates, and modalities of CDS use among a treatment sample of antisocial youth. Methods: A battery of standardized psychosocial instruments was administered via interview of 723 Missouri adolescents in residential care for antisocial behavior. Results: Lifetime CDS use was prevalent (14.7%) in this young service population (97.7% of whom participated). CDS users were significantly more likely to report histories of perinatal injuries or illness, traumatic experiences, suicidality and physician-diagnosed mental illness, and evidenced higher levels of psychiatric symptoms, antisocial attitudes and behaviors, and polydrug use than CDS nonusers. Conclusion: CDS use was endemic in this treatment sample of adolescents and associated with a range of clinically significant comorbidities. Scientific Significance: Current findings describe an underrecognized and potentially dangerous form of substance misuse that has rarely been studied but that may be of growing importance.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0095-2990
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/00952990.2010.504874
ID  - ref1
ER  -