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A Comparison of Trends in Drug Use among Students in the USA and Ontario, Canada: 1975-1997

FRANK J. IVIS Addiction Research Foundation Division, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, Canada ;
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EDWARD M. ADLAF Department of Public Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Pages 17-27 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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