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Fry, C.L., Hall, W. (2005). Ethical Considerations for Drug Abuse Epidemiologic Research. In: Sloboda, Z. (eds) Epidemiology of Drug Abuse. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-24416-6_10

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