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BENZODIAZEPINE ABUSE AND DEPENDENCE

Benzodiazepine Dependency Syndromes

David E. Smith Haight-Ashbury Free Medical Clinic, 4Q9 Clayton Street, San Francisco, California, 94117
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Donald R. Wesson Merritt Peralta Institute, 435 Hawthorne Street, Oakland, California, 94609
Pages 85-95 | Published online: 19 Jan 2012

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