A study of drug misusers' contacts with general practitioners

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 125-137

  Gabbay, M B ^a,b   Smith, M ^a   Dawkes, M ^a  

^a Trafford Community Drug Team   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitude; Drug misuser; General practitioner; Prescribing; Registration

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000727211     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359609010752     Document Type: Article

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