Substance-Related Disorders and Somatic Symptoms: How Should Clinicians Understand the Associations?
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Drug Abuse Reviews
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1874-4737
DOI: 10.2174/1874473711205040004