Prison rights: Mandatory drugs tests and performance indicators for prisons

British Medical Journal

Volumn 312, Issue 7043, 1996, Pages 1411-1413

  Gore, Sheila M ^a   Bird, A Graham ^b   Ross, Amanda J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHURCHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC BIAS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; CANNABIS; OPIATE;

ARTICLE; ASSAULT; DRUG ABUSE; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRISON; RISK; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 9344225129     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.312.7043.1411a     Document Type: Article

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