Key Moments in the Ethnography of Drug-Related Harm: Reality Checks for Policy-Makers?

Preventing Harmful Substance Use: The Evidence Base for Policy and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 433-442

  Moore, David ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Drug research; Drug related harm; Epidemiology; Policy makers; Public health

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955585922     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470713624.ch35     Document Type: Chapter

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