Illicit IV drugs: A public health approach

Canadian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 431-434

  Haden, Mark ^a  

^a VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANNABIS; ILLICIT DRUG; STREET DRUG;

ARTICLE; CANADA; DRUG LEGISLATION; DRUG USE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; LEGAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIETY; CRIME; DRUG CONTROL; HUMAN; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

CANADA; CRIME; DRUG AND NARCOTIC CONTROL; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; STREET DRUGS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 0036826898     PISSN: 00084263     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03405031     Document Type: Article

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