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Course, Severity, and Treatment of Substance Abuse Among Women Versus Men

Joseph Westermeyer Chief of Psychiatry, Minneapolis VA Medical Center, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A.; Minneapolis VA Medical Center, 1 Veterans Drive, Minneapolis, 55417, MN
, M.D., Ph.D. &
Amy E. Boedicker North Dakota State University, Research Assistant and Graduate Student, Fargo, North Dakota
, B.A.
Pages 523-535 | Published online: 16 Nov 2000

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