THE TAQI DRD2 A1 ALLELE IS ASSOCIATED WITH ALCOHOL-DEPENDENCE ALTHOUGH ITS EFFECT SIZE IS SMALL
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عنوان ژورنال: Alcohol and Alcoholism
سال: 2006
ISSN: 1464-3502,0735-0414
DOI: 10.1093/alcalc/agl043