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Review
. 2013 Jan;38(1):243-4.
doi: 10.1038/npp.2012.162.

Psychoactive 'bath salts': compounds, mechanisms, and toxicities

Kurt R Lehner  1 , Michael H Baumann
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Review

Psychoactive 'bath salts': compounds, mechanisms, and toxicities

Kurt R Lehner et al. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2013 Jan.
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Figure 1
Chemical structures of bath salts cathinones and related compounds.
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