Prevalence of Comorbid Mental Illness and Drug Use Recorded in General Practice: Preliminary findings from the General Practice Research Database

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 274-280

  Frischer, Martin ^a   Akram, Gazala ^b  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Leverndale Hospital   (United Kingdom)

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