The rise in methamphetamine use among American Indians in Los Angeles County

American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 1-15

  Spear, Suzanne ^a   Crèvecoeur, Desirée A ^b   Rawson, Richard A ^b   Clark, Rose ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 34848877463     PISSN: 08935394     EISSN: 15337731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5820/aian.1402.2007.1     Document Type: Review

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