Artefact or reality? Increases in persons notified to the Regional Drug Misuse Database in the South West of England, 1996-2001

Weir, I; Myles, Judy; Wilkinson, Stephen; Orme, Judy; Gray, Selena; Soteriou, Tony

doi:10.1093/pubmed/fdh106

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