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Methods in Addiction Research

Reliability and validity evidence of a new interpretation bias task in patients diagnosed with drug use disorder: a preliminary study of the Word Association Task for Drug Use Disorder (WAT-DUD)

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Pages 365-376 | Received 23 Apr 2018, Accepted 13 Dec 2018, Published online: 14 Jan 2019

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