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Original Article

Correlates of Ecstasy use in middle age and beyond

Paul Williams School of Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 0200, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 33-38 | Received 16 Jun 2003, Accepted 21 Jul 2004, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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