Alcohol and other drug use among street-involved youth in Toronto

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 11-24

  Adlaf, Edward M ^a   Zdanowicz, Yola M ^a   Smart, Reginald G ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Drugs; Health; Homeless; Street youth; Substance abuse

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742583903     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359609005559     Document Type: Article

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