Youth, heroin, crack: A review of recent British trends

Health Education

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 237-246

  Seddon, Toby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Drugs; Youth

Indexed keywords

EID: 42449134086     PISSN: 09654283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09654280810867105     Document Type: Article

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