Antabuse's diamond anniversary: Still sparkling on?

Drug and Alcohol Review

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 342-344

  Ellis, Pete M ^a   Dronsfield, Alan T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DERBY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Chemistry; Disulfiram; History; Psychotropic drugs

Indexed keywords

DISULFIRAM; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

ALCOHOLISM; CHEMISTRY; HISTORY; HUMAN; NOTE;

ALCOHOLISM; CHEMISTRY; DISULFIRAM; HISTORY; PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS;

ALCOHOLISM; DISULFIRAM; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS;

EID: 84879883838     PISSN: 09595236     EISSN: 14653362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dar.12018     Document Type: Note

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