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Research Article

A follow-up study of drug users in Southern Iran

Siavash Jafari School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 5804 Fairview Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Afarin Rahimi-Movaghar Department of Psychiatry, Irainan National Center for Addiction Studies, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, South Karegas Avenue, Tehran 1336616357, Iran
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Kevin J.P. Craib Department of Health Care and Epidemiology, University of British Columbia, 5804 Fairview Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Souzan Baharlou Departmaent of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Darab Vali-e-asr Medical Clinic, Darab, Iran
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Richard Mathias School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, 5804 Fairview Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z3, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 59-70 | Received 06 Apr 2008, Accepted 15 Feb 2009, Published online: 24 Nov 2009

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