What’s the story on addiction? Popular myths in the USA and Finland

Critical Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 582-598

  Hellman, Matilda ^a   Room, Robin ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d TURNING POINT ALCOHOL AND DRUG CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

drugs; geography; welfare systems

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; LITERATURE; MORALITY; RESPONSIBILITY; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIETY AND ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84941174538     PISSN: 09581596     EISSN: 14693682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09581596.2014.926308     Document Type: Article

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