Adolescent substance abuse among young people excluded from school in Belfast

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 101-112

  McCrystal, Patrick ^a   Higgins, Kathryn ^a   Percy, Andrew ^a   Thornton, Maeve ^a  

^a Instit Child Care Research   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 17644398704     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687630512331323503     Document Type: Article

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