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Ethnic and Gender Differences in Drug Users' Perceived Need for Treatment

Douglas Longshore Drug Abuse Research Center, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, 1100 Glendon Ave. #763, Los Angeles, California, 90024
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Shih-Chao Hsieh Drug Abuse Research Center, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, 1100 Glendon Ave. #763, Los Angeles, California, 90024
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M Douglas Anglin Drug Abuse Research Center, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, 1100 Glendon Ave. #763, Los Angeles, California, 90024
Pages 539-558 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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