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Research Articles

A longitudinal study of behavioural outcomes following a visit to the Boom Festival 2018 drug checking service: individual and group level results

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Pages 373-382 | Received 07 Oct 2021, Accepted 25 Apr 2022, Published online: 09 May 2022

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