The Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence: a legacy of the National Academy of Sciences. A historical account.
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The history of The Committee on Problems of Drug Dependence is traced from its beginning (1929) as The Committee on Drug Addiction to 1989, its sixtieth anniversary. A brief account of the etiology of The Committee from The Bureau of Social Hygiene, established in New York City by John D. Rockefeller, Jr. in 1913 is also given.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Drug and alcohol dependence
دوره 23 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1989