Decline but no fall?: New millennium trends in young people's use of illegal and illicit drugs in Britain

Health Education

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 189-206

  Aldridge, Judith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drugs; Education; Health education

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449129283     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280810867079     Document Type: Article

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