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Chapter 11 - Withdrawal states and their clinical management

from Part II - Treatment: Context and content

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 April 2016

Keith Humphreys  and
Anne Lingford-Hughes
Keith Humphreys
Affiliation:
Stanford University School of Medicine, California
Anne Lingford-Hughes
Affiliation:
Imperial College London
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Edwards' Treatment of Drinking Problems
A Guide for the Helping Professions
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2016

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