Pharmacological treatment of alcohol dependence: a review of the evidence.

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Published in JAMA on April 14, 1999

Authors

J C Garbutt1, S L West, T S Carey, K N Lohr, F T Crews

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychiatry, Bowles Center for Alcohol Studies, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA.

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