The disease called addiction: Emerging evidence in a 200-year debate

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Volumn 347, Issue 8995, 1996, Pages 162-166

  Meyer, Roger E ^a  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ALCOHOLISM; ANIMAL MODEL; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; HEREDITY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030066319     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)90345-1     Document Type: Article

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