Research Journal of Applied Sciences

Year: 2010
Volume: 5
Issue: 4
Page No. 263 - 266

Personality Traits and Readiness to Change among Drug Addicts in Malaysia

Authors : W.S. Wan Shahrazad, Z.M. Lukman, A.R. Roseliza Murni, Z. Arifin, A.Z. Zainah, I. Fauziah and G. Siti Fatihah

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