Drug use among the young homeless: Coping through self-medication

Health

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 115-134

  Klee, Hilary ^a,b,c   Reid, Paul ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ctr Social Res Hlth Substance A   (United Kingdom)

^c Ctr Social Res Hlth Substance A ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drugs; Homelessness; Self medication

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003088319     PISSN: 13634593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/136345939800200201     Document Type: Article

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