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Alcohol Use by Heroin Addicts: Evidence for an Inverse Relationship. A Study of Methadone Maintenance and Drug-Free Treatment Samples

M. Douglas Anglin Neuropsychiatry Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90024
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Ishai J. Almog California School of Professional Psychology, Los Angeles, California, 90057
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Dennis G. Fisher Center for Alcohol and Addiction, Studies University of Alaska Anchorage, Alaska, 99508
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Katherine R. Peters Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90024
Pages 191-207 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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