Can it really be this black and white? an analysis of the relative importance of ethnic group and other sociodemographic factors to patterns of drug use and related risk among young Londoners

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 149-159

  McCambridge, Jim ^a   Strang, John ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 17644387112     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687630512331325754     Document Type: Article

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