An examination of the quality of life among rural and outer metropolitan injecting drug users in NSW, Australia

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 607-617

  Conroy, Elizabeth ^a   Kimber, Jo ^a,c   Dolan, Kate ^a   Day, Carolyn ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Injecting drug use; Quality of life; Rural

Indexed keywords

EID: 55849089530     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/16066350801911948     Document Type: Article

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