Applying the 5-Step Method to children and affected family members: Opportunities and challenges within policy and practice

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 17, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 179-192

  Harwin, Judith ^a  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 78649311320     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2010.514527     Document Type: Article

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