Contextual Predictors of Injection Drug Use Among Black Adolescents and Adults in US Metropolitan Areas, 1993–2007
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Public Health
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0090-0036,1541-0048
DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2015.302911