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Navigating the poverty of heroin addiction treatment and recovery opportunity in Kenya: Access work, self-care and rationed expectations

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Pages 867-880 | Received 30 Nov 2014, Accepted 23 Apr 2015, Published online: 19 Jun 2015

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