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A Control Profile of Adult Children of Alcoholics: A Preliminary Investigation

Deane H. Shapiro Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior California College of Medicine, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California
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Vicki Weatherford Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior California College of Medicine, University of California-Irvine, Irvine, California; Department of Psychiatry, Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, Vallejo, California
,
Edward Kaufman Capistrano by the Sea Hospital, Dana Point, California; John F. Kennedy University, Capistrano, California
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Robert E. Broenen John F. Kennedy University, Capistrano, California
Pages 247-262 | Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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