Women and Substance Abuse Problems

BMC Women's Health

Volumn 4, Issue Suppl 1, 2004, Pages

  Cormier, Renée A ^a   Dell, Colleen Anne ^b   Poole, Nancy ^a  

^a British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health   (Canada)

^b Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aboriginal Woman; Canadian Community Health Survey; Fetal Alcohol Syndrome; Harm Reduction; Illicit Drug

Indexed keywords

EID: 41049094100     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726874     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6874-4-S1-S8     Document Type: Article

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