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Original Article

Patterns of petrol sniffing and other drug use in young men from an Australian Aboriginal community in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory

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Pages 159-169 | Received 30 May 1994, Accepted 15 Jan 1995, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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