Trends in On-label and Off-label Modafinil Use in a Nationally Representative Sample
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Trends in on-label and off-label modafinil use in a nationally representative sample.
search, Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston (Drs Singh, Petersen, and Sawhney); Department of Psychology, University of Houston, Houston (Dr Spitzmueller); and School of Biomedical Informatics and University of Texas–Memorial Hermann Center for Healthcare Quality and Safety, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (Dr Sittig). Correspondence: Dr Singh, Micha...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA Internal Medicine
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2168-6106
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.2807