Attitudes toward medication-assisted treatment among fishermen in Kuantan, Malaysia, who inject drugs
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse
سال: 2016
ISSN: 1533-2640,1533-2659
DOI: 10.1080/15332640.2016.1196632