Methadone replacement therapy: tried, tested, effective?
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
سال: 2012
ISSN: 1478-2715,2042-8189
DOI: 10.4997/jrcpe.2012.210