Public Health
Volume 120, Issue 4 , Pages 329-338 , April 2006

Illicit and traditional drug use among ethnic minority adolescents in East London

  • A.A. Jayakody

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, University College London, UK
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  • R.M. Viner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Paediatrics, Royal Free and University College London Medical School, University College London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +44 20 7380 9445; fax: +44 20 7636 2144.
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  • M.M. Haines

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Psychiatry, Institute of Community Health Sciences, Barts and the London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK
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  • K.S. Bhui

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Psychiatry, Institute of Community Health Sciences, Barts and the London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK
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  • J.A. Head

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Psychiatry, Institute of Community Health Sciences, Barts and the London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK
    • Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University College London, UK
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  • S.J.C. Taylor

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Community Health Sciences, Centre for General Practice and Primary Care, Barts and the London Queen Mary's Queen Mary University of London, UK
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  • R. Booy

      Affiliations

    • School of Medicine and Dentistry, Institute of Community Health Sciences, Centre for Child Health, Barts and the London Queen Mary's Queen Mary University of London, UK
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  • E. Klineberg

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Psychiatry, Institute of Community Health Sciences, Barts and the London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK
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  • C. Clark

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Psychiatry, Institute of Community Health Sciences, Barts and the London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK
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  • S.A. Stansfeld

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Psychiatry, Institute of Community Health Sciences, Barts and the London Queen Mary's School of Medicine and Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Received 24 November 2004 ,Revised 2 June 2005 ,Accepted 13 October 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2005.10.009

Public Health
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