Pharmacists' approach to harm minimisation initiatives associated with problem drug use: The Lothian survey

Pharmaceutical Journal

Volumn 261, Issue 7009, 1998, Pages

  Jones, P ^a   Van Teijlingen, E R ^b,d   Matheson, C I ^c   Gavin, S ^a  

^a NHS LOTHIAN   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Public Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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