Scourge of Life or an Economic Lifeline? Public Discourses on Khat (Catha edulis) in Ethiopia

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Substance Use & Misuse

• Publication date

  2008-01-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1080/10826080701738950PMID 18473222
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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