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Knudsen, HK , Ducharme, LJ and Roman, PM ( 2007) ‘‘Research Participation and Turnover Intention: An Exploratory Analysis of Substance Abuse Counselors’’, Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment 33: 211-217.

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