A Time-Release History of the Opioid Epidemic

• Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Campbell, J.N (Συγγραφέας, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Rooney, Steven M. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Έκδοση: 1st ed. 2018.
• Σειρά: SpringerBriefs in History of Chemistry,
• Θέματα: Chemistry-History.; Organic chemistry.; Medicine-History.; Pharmacology.; Psychopharmacology.; History of Chemistry.; Organic Chemistry.; History of Medicine.; Pharmacology/Toxicology.

This Brief takes the reader on a chemical journey by following the history for over two centuries of how an opiate became an opioid, thus spawning an empire and a series of crises. These imperfect resemblances of alkaloids are both natural and synthetic substances that, particularly in America, are...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Introduction: Chemical Heterotopias
• Part One: Alkaloid Heterotopias
• Part Two: Synthetic Opiate Heterotopias
• Epilogue: Opioid Heterotopias.