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Original Article

Risk factors associated with drug use: the importance of ‘risk environment’

Tim Rhodes The Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, Department of Social Science and Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine, University of London, UKCorrespondence[email protected]
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Robert Lilly The Centre for Research on Drugs and Health Behaviour, Department of Social Science and Medicine, Imperial College School of Medicine, University of London, UK
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Cesáreo Fernández IREFREA, Spain
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Enzo Giorgino Department of Social Science, University of Turin, Italy
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Uwe E. Kemmesis Johann Wolfgang Goethe-iniversitaet, Institut fuer Sozialpaedagogik und Erwachsenendbildung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Hans C. Ossebaard The Trimbos Instituut, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
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Nacer Lalam Centre International de Recherche sur l’Environment et le Dévelopément, Paris, France
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Imar Faasen The Trimbos Instituut, University of Utrecht, Netherlands
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Karen Ellen Spannow Centre for Alcohol and Drug Research, Aarhus University, Denmark
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Pages 303-329 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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