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Smoke Rings: social network analysis of friendship groups, smoking and drug-taking

Michael Pearson, Lynn Michell Department of Mathematics, Napier University, Room D43, Merchiston Campus 10 Colinton Road, Edinburgh EH10 5DT, UK.; MRC Medical Sociology Unit, 6 Lilybank Gardens, Glasgow G12 8RZ, UK
Pages 21-37 | Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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