Sex, drugs and STDs: Preliminary findings from the Belfast Youth Development Study

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-453

  McAloney, Kareena ^a   McCrystal, Patrick ^a   Percy, Andrew ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77954234184     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687630903074826     Document Type: Article

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