Lifeworld: socio-environmental influence on crack cocaine use by teenagers
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1984-0446,0034-7167
DOI: 10.1590/0034-7167-2017-0007