Drug service user groups: Only a partial solution to the problem of developing user involvement

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-97

  Patterson, Sue ^a   Weaver, Tim ^a   Crawford, Mike ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 76149097567     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687630802225495     Document Type: Article

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