The modelling of injecting behaviour and initiation into injecting

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 447-459

  Stillwell, Garry ^a,b   Hunt, Neil ^a   Taylor, Colin ^b   Griffiths, Paul ^b  

^a KENT AND MEDWAY NHS AND SOCIAL CARE PARTNERSHIP TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Harm reduction interventions; Injecting Drug Users (IDUs); Modelling; Non injecting Drug Users (NIDUs); Social Learning Theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347086555     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359909004398     Document Type: Article

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