A view from the refugee camps: New Somali khat use in Kenya

Drugs and Alcohol Today

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 25-27

  Beckerleg, Susan ^a   Sheekh, Nuur ^b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b Public and Environmental Health Research Unit   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84993047533     PISSN: 17459265     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17459265200500043     Document Type: Review

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