Bridging the gap between evidence and practice: A multi-perspective examination of real-world drug education

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-20

  Stead, Martine ^a   Stradling, Robert ^b   MacNeil, Morag ^b   MacKintosh, Anne Marie ^a   Minty, Sarah ^c   McDermott, Laura ^a   Eadie, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 76149095966     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687630802228341     Document Type: Article

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