Involving Big Issue vendors in a peer education initiative to reduce drug-related harm: A feasibility study

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-69

  Hunter, Gillian ^a   Power, Robert ^a  

^a LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0036486885     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687630110087392     Document Type: Article

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