Public health and addiction: Prevention

Current Opinion in Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 273-278

  Rawaf, Salman ^a  

^a Wilson Hospital   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; ALCOHOLISM; DRUG DEPENDENCE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MARKETING; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0031922170     PISSN: 09517367     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001504-199805000-00006     Document Type: Review

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