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Original Articles

Spiritual/Religious Life-Style Profiles and Community Substance Abuse Perceptions

An Exploratory Study Among a Predominantly Hispanic Sample in the American Southwest

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Pages 43-54 | Received 01 Jul 2006, Accepted 01 Mar 2007, Published online: 11 Oct 2008

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