Experience of Recovery for Female Heroin Addicts: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis

International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 102-117

  Watson, Laura ^a   Parke, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LINCOLN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Female; Heroin; Recovery

Indexed keywords

EID: 79651469628     PISSN: 15571874     EISSN: 15571882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11469-009-9257-6     Document Type: Article

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