How 'Cool' is Heroin Injection at the Kenya Coast

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-77

  Beckerleg, Susan ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0742288795     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0968763031000140192     Document Type: Review

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