Defining addiction: Contrasting views of clients and experts

Addiction Research and Theory

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 211-220

  Walters, Glenn D ^a,b   Gilbert, Alice A ^a  

^a Fed Correctional Inst Schuylkill   (United States)

^b Psychology Services   (United States)

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EID: 0347560488     PISSN: 16066359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/16066350009004421     Document Type: Article

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