Why do General Practitioners Work with Opiate Misusers?: A qualitative study of high and low activity general practitioners

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 130-139

  Groves, Paramabandhu ^a,b   Strang, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Alcohol Advisory Service   (United Kingdom)

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