Life's a gas? the training needs of practitioners and carers working with young people misusing volatile substances

Social Work Education

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 591-607

  Boylan, Jane ^b   Braye, Suzy ^a   Worley, Claire ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Abuse; Solvents; Training Needs; Volatile Substances; Young People

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050708536     PISSN: 02615479     EISSN: 14701227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02615470600833493     Document Type: Article

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