'At your age, what does it matter?' - Myths and realities about older people who use substances

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 343-347

  Crome, Ilana ^a   Crome, Peter ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 27844454900     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687630500221473     Document Type: Review

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