Drug users' views of drug service providers

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 308-317

  Neale, Joanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drug agencies; Drug services; Gender; Service evaluation; Service utilization; Users' views

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032329502     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.1998.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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