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Illicit use of prescription stimulants among college students: Prescription status, motives, theory of planned behaviour, knowledge and self-diagnostic tendencies

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Pages 97-104 | Received 29 Aug 2007, Accepted 10 Apr 2008, Published online: 11 Dec 2008

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