Training needs of local primary health care teams dealing with drug abusers: A survey in Tyneside

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 87-94

  Sherratt, Margaret ^a   Jones, Kevin ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 0037318334     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0968763021000040923     Document Type: Review

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