Impulse control differences between abstinent heroin users and matched controls

Brain Injury

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 885-889

  Lee, Tatia M C ^a   Pau, Charles W H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERVIEW; MALE; MAZE TEST; SCORING SYSTEM; WITHDRAWAL SYNDROME;

EID: 0036798011     PISSN: 02699052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699050210128915     Document Type: Article

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