Crack Cocaine–Tailoring Services to User Need

Addiction Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-234

  Bottomley, Tim ^a   Carnwath, Tom ^a   Jeacock, Julie ^a   Wibberley, Christopher ^a,b,c   Smith, Mike ^a  

^a Community Drug Team ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b TRAFFORD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Crack cocaine; drug services; indigenous workers; peer education

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742580450     PISSN: 10586989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359709005263     Document Type: Article

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