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. 2021 Sep;46(10):1713-1714.
doi: 10.1038/s41386-021-01037-y. Epub 2021 Jun 9.

Response to "Addiction is a social disease: just as tenable as calling it a brain disease"

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Response to "Addiction is a social disease: just as tenable as calling it a brain disease"

Markus Heilig et al. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2021 Sep.
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