Published in Drug Alcohol Rev on September 01, 2003
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Does price matter? The effect of decreased price on spirits consumption in Switzerland. Alcohol Clin Exp Res (2003) 1.30
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Changes in and characteristics of admissions to treatment related to problematic prescription opioid use in Ontario, 2004-2009. Drug Alcohol Depend (2010) 1.26
Clear criteria based on absolute risk: reforming the basis of guidelines on low-risk drinking. Drug Alcohol Rev (2011) 1.26
The COMT val158met polymorphism and brain morphometry in healthy young adults. Neurosci Lett (2006) 1.25
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Distorted expectancy coding in problem gambling: is the addictive in the anticipation? Biol Psychiatry (2012) 1.23