Characteristics of admissions to residential drug treatment agencies in New South Wales, 1988-92: I. Illicit drug problems

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 127-132

  Darke, Shane ^a   Kelaher, Margaret ^a   Hall, Wayne ^a   Flaherty, Bruce ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b New South Wales Government   (Australia)

Author keywords

Illicit drug problems; Residential agency admissions

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030555741     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595239600185771     Document Type: Article

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