Polydrug use and implications for longitudinal research: Ten-year trajectories for heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine users
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عنوان ژورنال: Drug and Alcohol Dependence
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0376-8716
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2008.01.021