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Characterizing methamphetamine withdrawal in recently abstinent methamphetamine users: a pilot field study

Michael J. Mancino Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Research Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USACorrespondence[email protected]
, M.D.,
Brooks W. Gentry Department of Anesthesia, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
, M.D.,
Zachary Feldman Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Research Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
, M.S.,
John Mendelson Department of Internal Medicine, Drug Dependence Research Laboratory, Langley Porter Institute, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
, M.D., Ph.D. &
Alison Oliveto Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Research Institute, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
, Ph.D.
Pages 131-136 | Published online: 11 Jan 2011

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