'What a pity!' Exploring the use of 'pitilho' as harm reduction among crack users in Salvador, Brazil

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 382-386

  Andrade, Tarcisio ^a   Santiago, Laita ^a   Amari, Erica ^b   Fischer, Benedikt ^b,c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR ADDICTION AND MENTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

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EID: 80051970236     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2010.506898     Document Type: Article

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