Psychiatric Comorbidity, Length of Hospital Stays and Readmission Rates in Opiate Addicts Treated in Inpatient Service
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Academic Research in Medicine
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2146-6505,2147-1894
DOI: 10.4274/jarem.galenos.2021.3794