Substance use and abuse : sociological perspectives
β Scribed by Shaw, Victor N
- Publisher
- Westport, Conn. : Praeger
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
xii, 272 p. ; 24 cm
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