Diffusion of drug misuse in Scotland: Findings from the 1993 and 1996 Scottish crime surveys

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 83-95

  Frischer, Martin ^a   Anderson, Simon ^b   Hickman, Mathew ^c   Heatlie, Heath ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b System Three Social Research   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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