Novel psychoactive substances (NPS): A study on Persian language websites

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 511-515

  Bigdeli, Imanollah ^a,b   Corazza, Ornella ^b   Aslanpour, Zoe ^b   Schi Fano, Fabrizio ^b  

^a SEMNAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internet; Novel psychoactive substances; Online marketing; Persian language

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879181813     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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