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Strategies for Follow-up of Drug Users: Field Research Guidelines

Diane Spotts School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
,
Rita Hindin School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts in Amherst, Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
,
Frances Garfield Spectrum Health Systems, Westboro, Massachusetts, USA
,
Kristina Forsyth Butler Spectrum Health Systems, Westboro, Massachusetts, USA
,
Anne Gribauskas Spectrum Health Systems, Westboro, Massachusetts, USA
&
Jeanne Smith Marathon House, Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Pages 1891-1927 | Published online: 03 Jul 2009

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