Recovered addicts working in the addiction field: Pitfalls to substance abuse relapse

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 216-231

  Doukas, Nick ^a   Cullen, Jim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 77952189693     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687630802378864     Document Type: Article

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