Mental health and addiction state of ethnocultural/racial communities

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 288-293

  Nouroozifar, Mona ^a   Zangeneh, Masood ^b  

^a Centre for Addictions and Mental Health   (Canada)

^b International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Addiction service; Ethnicity; Gambling; Mental health service; Race

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845317638     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-006-9037-5     Document Type: Article

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