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2007

Gray D, Shaw G, D’Abbs P, Brooks D, Stearne A, et al. (2007)
Legal harm: volatile substances.
Of Substance;5(1):22-23
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Rossmanith A (2007)
Rolling out a remedy?: an update on Opal fuel.
Of Substance;5(1):20-21
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Wick R, Gilbert JD, Felgate P, Byard RW (2007)
Inhalant deaths in South Australia: a 20-year retrospective autopsy study.
American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology;28(4):319-322
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2006

Lubman DI, Hides L, Yucel M (2006)
Inhalant misuse in youth: time for a coordinated response.
Medical Journal of Australia;185(6):327-330
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Powell ST, Bolisetty S, Wheaton GR (2006)
Succimer therapy for congenital lead poisoning from maternal petrol sniffing.
Medical Journal of Australia;184(2):84-85
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Preuss K, Brown JN (2006)
Stopping petrol sniffing in remote Aboriginal Australia: key elements of the Mt Theo program.
Drug and Alcohol Review;25(3):189-193
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Senior K, Chenhall RD (2006)
'Stuck nose': experiences and understanding of petrol sniffing in a remote Aboriginal community.
Journal of Contemporary Drug Problems;33(Fall):451-472
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2005

Cairney S, Maruff P, Burns CB, Currie J, Currie BJ (2005)
Neurological and cognitive recovery following abstinence from petrol sniffing.
Neuropsychopharmacology;30(5):1019-1027
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Nowak R (2005)
Petrol-lite stops sniffers getting high.
New Scientist;186(2503):28
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Pockley K (2005)
Volatile substance misuse: an ongoing concern.
Of Substance;3(1):8-11
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2004

Cairney S, Maruff P, Burns CB, Currie J, Currie BJ (2004)
Saccade dysfunction associated with chronic petrol sniffing and lead encephalopathy.
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry;75(3):472-476
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Cairney S, Maruff P, Burns CB, Currie J, Currie B (2004)
Neurological and cognitive impairment associated with leaded gasoline encephalopathy.
Drug and Alcohol Dependence;73(2):183-188
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Clough A, d'Abbs P, Cairney S, Gray D, Maruff P, et al. (2004)
Emerging patterns of cannabis and other substance use in Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory: a study of two communities.
Drug and Alcohol Review;23(4):381-390
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d'Abbs PH, Brady M (2004)
Other people, other drugs: the policy response to petrol sniffing among Indigenous Australians.
Drug and Alcohol Review;23(3):253-260
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2003

Byard RW, Chivell WC, Gilbert JD (2003)
Unusual facial markings and lethal mechanisms in a series of gasoline inhalation deaths.
American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology;24(3):298-302
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2002

Clough AR, Guyula T, Yunupingu M, Burns CB (2002)
Diversity of substance use in eastern Arnhem land (Australia): patterns and recent changes.
Drug and Alcohol Review;21(4):349-356
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MacLean SJ, d'Abbs PHN (2002)
Petrol sniffing in Aboriginal communities: a review of interventions
Drug and Alcohol Review;21(1):65-72
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2001

Campbell L, Stojanovski A (2001)
Warlpiri elders work with petrol sniffers.
Indigenous Law Bulletin;5(9):8-11
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2000

Alati R, Peterson C, Rice P (2000)
The development of Indigenous substance misuse services in Australia: belief, conflicts and change.
Australian Journal of Primary Health - Interchange, 6(2), 49-62.
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Dunne MP, Yeo MA, Keane J, Elkins DB (2000)
Substance use by Indigenous and non-Indigenous primary school students.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, 24(5): 546-549.
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Prior to 2000

Burns CB, Currie BJ, Powers JR (1996)
An evaluation of unleaded petrol as a harm reduction strategy for petrol sniffers in an Aboriginal community.
Journal of Toxicology: Clinical Toxicology;34:27-36
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Burns C, Currie B, Clough A, Wuridjal R (1995)
Evaluation of strategies used by a remote Aboriginal community to eliminate petrol sniffing.
Medical Journal of Australia;163:82-84
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Burns C, Currie B (1995)
The efficacy of chelation therapy and factors influencing mortality in lead intoxicated petrol sniffers.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine;25:197-203
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Burns C, d'Abbs P, Currie B (1995)
Patterns of petrol sniffing and other drug use in young men from an Australian Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory.
Drug and Alcohol Review;14(2):159-169
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Maruff P, Burns CB, Tuyler P, Currie BJ, Currie J (1998)
Neurological and cognitive abnormalities associated with chronic petrol sniffing.
Brain;121(10):1903-1917
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