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Deception for Drugs: Self-Reported “Doctor Shopping” Among Young Adults

John M. Stogner, Amber Sanders and Bryan Lee Miller
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2014, 27 (5) 583-593; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2014.05.140107
John M. Stogner
From the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte (JMS, AS); and the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro (BLM).
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Amber Sanders
From the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte (JMS, AS); and the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro (BLM).
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Bryan Lee Miller
From the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte (JMS, AS); and the Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro (BLM).
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