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Drug Use in Adolescence: the relationship between opportunity, initial use and continuation of use of four illicit drugs in a cohort of 14-16-year-olds in South London

Victoria Manning, David Best, Salman Rawaf, Jenny Rowley, Karen Floyd, John Strang National Addiction Centre (The Maudsley Hospital/Institute of Psychiatry), London,UK; Wilson Hospital, Cranmer Road, Mitcham, London, UK
Pages 397-405 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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