The effect of neighborhood deprivation and residential relocation on long-term injection cessation among injection drug users (IDUs) in Baltimore, Maryland
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عنوان ژورنال: Addiction
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0965-2140
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2011.03501.x