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Validity and reliability of the Severity of Dependence Scale (SDS) in a Brazilian sample of drug users

Cleusa P. Ferri, John Marsden, Marcelo de Araujo, Ronaldo R. Laranjeira, Michael Gossop National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry/Maudsley Hospital, London, UK and Psychiatry Department - UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil; National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry/Maudsley Hospital, London, UK; Psychiatry Department - UNIFESP, São Paulo, Brazil
Pages 451-455 | Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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