Prevalence of drug use prior to detention among residents of youth detention centres in Queensland

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 145-152

  Lennings, Christopher ^a,c   Pritchard, Monica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Faculty of Health Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drug abuse; Drug survey; Juvenile delinquency; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033461929     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595239996572     Document Type: Article

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