Assessing community support for harm reduction services: Comparing two measures

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 385-391

  Hopwood, Max ^a   Brener, Loren ^a   Frankland, Andrew ^a   Treloar, Carla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Attitude; Harm reduction; Illicit drug; Survey design

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL WELFARE; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HARM REDUCTION; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WELFARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957905865     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2009.00151.x     Document Type: Article

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