Introduction to inhalant abuse / Charles W. Sharp - volatile solvent abuse: trends and patterns / Fred Beauvais - Epidemiology of volatile substance abuse : the Texas experience / Eric V. Fredlund - Epidemiology of inhalant abuse: A Canadian view / Reginald G. Smart - Psychosocial characteristics and their links with inhalants / E. R. Oetting and Jay Webb - ethnomethodology, psychosocial measures, and inhalant abuse research / Joseph E. Trimble - Comments on psychosocial characteristics / Daniel L. Creson - Solvent toxicity : a neurological focus / Neil Rosenberg and Charles W. Sharp - Clinical/biophysiologic aspects of inhalant abuse / Milton Tenenbein - Death among inhalant abusers / James C. Garriott - Sudden sniffing death following inhalation of butane and propane: changing trends / Earl Siegel and Suman Wason - Treatment of volatile solvent abusers / Pamela Jumper-Thurman and Fred Beauvais - A longitudinal study of inhalant use: implications for treatment and prevention / D. Dwayne Simpson - Treatment and prevention research issues / Leo E. Hollister - Animal research on solvent abuse / Gordon T. Pryor - Basic Science solvent abuse research issues / Richard A. Meisch - An industrial/economic perspective on inhalant abuse / Robert P. Giovacchini - Development of alternative fluorocarbons / Henry J. Trochimowicz.