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Why do young people sniff? An exploratory study of adolescent inhalant abuse from north India

Roshan BhadDepartment of Psychiatry and National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, IndiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Raka JainDepartment of Psychiatry and National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Anju DhawanDepartment of Psychiatry and National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
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Manju MehtaDepartment of Psychiatry and National Drug Dependence Treatment Centre, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Pages 527-529 | Received 24 Apr 2015, Accepted 27 Jul 2015, Published online: 24 Mar 2016

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