Attributions given by drug users from three different settings

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 299-308

  Newham, Rosemary ^a   Davies, John B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Addiction; Attribution theory; Narcotics anonymous; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250205638     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350701303451     Document Type: Article

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