Needle exchange in Britain

Heroin Addiction and The British System

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 142-152

  Sheridan, Janie ^a  

^a THE UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 84909134336     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203643358     Document Type: Chapter

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