Ethnic minority use of illegal drugs in Glasgow, Scotland: Potential difficulties for service provision

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-49

  Khan, Furzana ^a   Ditton, Jason ^a,b   Hammersley, Richard ^c  

^a Scottish Centre for Criminology   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drugs; Ethnic Minorities; Glasgow; Service needs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347308441     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066350009004408     Document Type: Article

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