Correlates of Substance Use Severity Among Homeless Youth
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Correlates of service utilization among homeless youth.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1073-6077
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6171.2010.00247.x