Commentary on Venner et al. : Community-based participatory research opens doors to rigorous addiction treatment research with Indigenous communities.

Addiction

Department of Psychology and Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT, USA.

Published: April 2021

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