Polydrug use (the use of drugs in combination): A brief review

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 225-232

  Ives, Richard ^a   Ghelani, Preeti ^a  

^a Educari   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Combination drug use; Ethnicity; Polydrug use; Review; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745637732     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687630600655596     Document Type: Review

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