Providing an earlier warning of emerging drug trends: The Føre Var system

Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 449-471

  Mounteney, Jane ^a   Leirvåg, Siv Elin ^a  

^a The Bergen Clinics Foundation   (Norway)

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EID: 8744295694     PISSN: 09687637     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687630412331283527     Document Type: Article

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