Bingeing on psychostimulants in Australia: Do we know what IT means (And does it matter)?

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-43

  Ovenden, Claudia ^a,b   Loxley, Wendy ^a  

^a Natl Ctr Res Prev of Drug Abuse

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bingeing; Drug use; Harm reduction; Patterns of use; Psychostimulants; Qualitative research; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 2742614792     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359609005561     Document Type: Article

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