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Editorial
. 2024 Feb 19:15:1381726.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1381726. eCollection 2024.

Editorial: Alcohol and drug use in low- and middle-income countries

Samer El Hayek  1 , Victor Lasebikan  2 , Alireza Noroozi  3
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Editorial: Alcohol and drug use in low- and middle-income countries

Samer El Hayek et al. Front Psychiatry. .
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Keywords: LMICs; addiction; alcohol; drugs; substance; substance use disorder.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The author(s) declared that they were an editorial board member of Frontiers, at the time of submission. This had no impact on the peer review process and the final decision.

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