Heroin dependence recovery

Journal of Psychology in Africa

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 327-337

  dos Santos, Monika ^a   van Staden, Fred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Abstinence; Heroin; Heroin dependence; Heroin use disorders; Intervention; Maturing out hypothesis; Recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 51949119118     PISSN: 14330237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14330237.2008.10820206     Document Type: Article

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