Staff attitudes and services provided by community-based organizations for alcohol and other drug users in Cape Town, South Africa: Implications for training and education

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 532-544

  Pasche, Sonja ^a   Myers, Bronwyn ^b   Louw, Johann ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

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EID: 55849152824     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687630701610706     Document Type: Article

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