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Original Articles

Exploring Prospective Predictors of Illicit Drug-Toxicity Deaths: Evidence From the General Social Survey

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Pages 1479-1489 | Received 10 Jun 2014, Accepted 28 Jan 2015, Published online: 07 Nov 2015

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