Drug Trying and Drug Use Across Adolescence: A Longitudinal Study of Young People's Drug Taking in Two Regions of Northern...
- ISBN-10
- 1840823364
- ISBN-13
- 9781840823363
- Category
- Drug abuse
- Pages
- 47
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999
- Authors
- Fiona Measham, Judith Aldridge, Howard J. Parker
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