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New trends in drug addiction: the synthetic drugs. Epidemiological, clinical and preventive issues

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 October 2011

Fabrizio Schifano
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Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , June 2001 , pp. 63 - 70
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