The emergence and evolution of drug user groups in the UK

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 556-565

  Bennett, Trevor ^a   Jacques, Scott ^b   Wright, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLAMORGAN   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

drugs; harm reduction; Heroin; methadone; service user groups

Indexed keywords

EID: 80054817359     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2011.588814     Document Type: Article

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