Working memory deficits in current and previous users of MDMA ('ecstasy')

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 181-188

  Wareing, Michelle ^a   Fisk, John E ^a   Murphy, Philip N ^a  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0013010643     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712600161772     Document Type: Article

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