Policing as public health menace in the policy struggles over public injecting

International Journal of Drug Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 203-206

  Fitzgerald, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG INDUSTRY; DRUG MARKETING; DRUG RESEARCH; DRUG USE; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; PUBLIC OPINION;

EID: 27644519566     PISSN: 09553959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugpo.2005.06.010     Document Type: Editorial

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