What addiction is and is not: The impact of mistaken notions of addiction

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 599-607

  Peele, Stanton ^a,b  

^a Lindesmith Center   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 0346929406     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066350008998991     Document Type: Article

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