Estimating local opioid addict mortality

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 321-327

  O'Doherty, Miriam ^a   Farrington, Anthony ^a  

^a SUSSEX COMMUNITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 2742525637     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359709002966     Document Type: Article

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