Injecting drug use amongst inmates in Greek prisons

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 193-212

  Koulierakis, G ^a   Agrafiotis, D ^a   Gnardellis, C ^a   Power, K G ^b  

^a NATIONAL SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Greek inmates; Imprisonment; Injecting drug use

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347155019     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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