Secular trends in substance use: The conflict and young people in Northern Ireland

Journal of Social Issues

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 485-506

  Higgins, Kathryn ^a   Percy, Andrew ^a   Mc Crystal, Patrick ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG USER; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; YOUNG POPULATION;

EID: 7444261936     PISSN: 00224537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0022-4537.2004.00368.x     Document Type: Article

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