Acceptance of illicit drug use in the Netherlands and Norway: A cross-national survey

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 397-405

  Van Der Sar, R ^a   Odegard E ^b   Rise, J ^b   Brouwers, E P M ^a   Van De Goor, L A M ^a   Garretsen, H F L ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR ALCOHOL AND DRUG RESEARCH   (Norway)

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EID: 84866320573     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: 14653370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09687637.2012.671859     Document Type: Article

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