Opiate and crack cocaine use: A new understanding of prevalence

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 135-147

  Hay, Gordon ^a   Gannon, Maria ^a   MacDougall, Jane ^a   Eastwood, Catherine ^b   Williams, Kate ^b   Millar, Tim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77949369352     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687630802286893     Document Type: Article

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