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Insight into Alcohol-Related Problems and Its Associations with Severity of Alcohol Consumption, Mental Health Status, Race, and Level of Acculturation in Southern Taiwanese Indigenous People with Alcoholism

, M.D., Ph.D., , M.D., , M.D., , M.S., , B.S., , R.N., Ph.D. & , M.D., Ph.D. show all
Pages 553-561 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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