Vietnamese-Australian heroin users' perspectives on the role of the family in treatment

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 409-421

  Higgs, Peter ^a   Jordens, Jay ^b   Maher, Lisa ^c   Dunlop, Adrian ^d  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BURNET INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d Hunter New England Area Health Service   (Australia)

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EID: 72349086442     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687630802063623     Document Type: Review

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