Toward an understanding of russian speaking heroin addicts and drug treatment services in israel

Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 33-44

  Isralowitz, Richard E ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Drug addietion; Heroin addiets; Im migration; Russian speaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009871289     PISSN: 1533256X     EISSN: 15332578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J160v01n02_04     Document Type: Article

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