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Heredity and Alcoholism in the Medical Sphere: The Netherlands, 1850–1900
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 1950
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.1.4644.57