Pharmacogenetics and addiction services
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Opioid pharmacogenetics of alcohol addiction.
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عنوان ژورنال: Psychiatric Bulletin
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0955-6036
DOI: 10.1192/pb.28.11.426-c