Patterns of heroin use among a non-treatment sample in Glasgow (Scotland)

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 215-234

  Shewan, D ^a   Dalgarno, P ^a   Marshall, A ^a   Lowe, E ^a   Campbell, M ^a   Nicholson, S ^a   Reith, G ^a,b   Mclafferty, V ^a   Thomson, K ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heroin addiction controlled harm reduction

Indexed keywords

EID: 2842568478     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359808993304     Document Type: Article

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