Binge Drinking and Declarative Memory in University Students
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Binge drinking and declarative memory in university students.
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عنوان ژورنال: Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0145-6008
DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2011.01484.x