Drug prevention with vulnerable young people: A review

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 85-99

  Roe, Stephen ^a   Becker, Jane ^a  

^a Home Office Central Research Establishment   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 17644385812     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0968763042000322639     Document Type: Article

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