Science-based views of drug addiction and its treatment

JAMA

Volumn 282, Issue 14, 1999, Pages 1314-1316

  Leshner, Alan I ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE   (United States)

^b MSC9581   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR THERAPY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033552252     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.282.14.1314     Document Type: Review

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