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THE CHALLENGES OF CONDUCTING RESEARCH IN DRUG TREATMENT COURT SETTINGS

Steven Belenko The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, 633 Third Avenue, New York, NY, 10017, U.S.A.View further author information
, Ph.D.
Pages 1635-1664 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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