Recent trends in pharmaceutical drug use among frequent injecting drug users, frequent methamphetamine users and frequent ecstasy users in New Zealand, 2006-2009

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 255-263

  Wilkins, Chris ^a   Sweetsur, Paul ^a   Griffiths, Richard ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Frequent ecstasy users; Frequent injecting drug users; Frequent methamphetamine users; New Zealand; Pharmaceutical drug use

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955576501     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-3362.2011.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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