Drugs and youth homelessness: Reducing the risk

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 269-280

  Klee, Hilary ^a   Reid, Paul ^a  

^a MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032352405     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687639809034088     Document Type: Article

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