Methamphetamine Users in Sustained Abstinence
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Methamphetamine users in sustained abstinence: a proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy study.
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عنوان ژورنال: Archives of General Psychiatry
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0003-990X
DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.62.4.444