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Subpopulations and Risk

Characteristics and harms associated with injecting versus smoking methamphetamine among methamphetamine treatment entrants

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Pages 277-285 | Received 01 Aug 2007, Accepted 10 Jan 2008, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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