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Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 348-355

  Davies, John Booth ^a   Ross, Alastair ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methodology; Programme evaluation; Statistics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878830233     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: 14767392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066359.2012.728261     Document Type: Article

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