Attitudes to khat use within the Somali community in England

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 37-53

  Patel, Shilpa Lalji ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Culture; Khat; Socialising; Somalis

Indexed keywords

EID: 38849138654     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687630601138691     Document Type: Article

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