Respondent-driven sampling to recruit young adult non-medical users of pharmaceutical opioids: Problems and solutions
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Drug and Alcohol Dependence
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0376-8716
DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2011.08.005