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Research Article

Socio-demographic Differences, Patterns of Use and Drop-out from Greek Drug-free Treatment Programmes

CHARALAMPOS POULOPOULOS Kethea, Sorvolou 24, Mets 116 36, Athens, Greece
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ANNA TSIBOUKLI
Pages 99-110 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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