Stopping petrol sniffing in remote Aboriginal Australia: Key elements of the Mt Theo Program

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 189-193

  Preuss, Karissa ^a,b   Brown, Jean Napanangka ^a  

^a Mt Theo Project   (Australia)

^b Adult Education Building   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central Australia; Indigenous; Petrol sniffing; Substance misuse

Indexed keywords

GASOLINE;

ABORIGINE; ADDICTION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; MORTALITY; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

ADOLESCENT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; GASOLINE; HUMANS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33744903915     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09595230600644640     Document Type: Article

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