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Evaluation of a Service to Strengthen Primary Care Responses to Substance-misusing Patients: welcomed, but little impact

Paramabandhu Groves National Addiction Centre (Institute of Psychiatry/The Maudsley), 4 Windsor Walk, London SE5 8AF, UK
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Joan Heuston Health Education Authority, Trevelyan House, 30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW, UK
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Ian Albery Division of Psychology, South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London SE1 0AA, UK
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Claire Gerada Hurley Clinic, Ebenezer House, Kennington Lane, London SE11 4HJ, UK
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Michael Gossop Health Education Authority, Trevelyan House, 30 Great Peter Street, London SW1P 2HW, UK
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John Strang Division of Psychology, South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, London SE1 0AA, UK
Pages 21-33 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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