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Original Article

Substance Disorder Among Persons with Mild Mental Retardation: A Comparative Study

Joseph Westermeyer Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55417
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Kenneth Kemp Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55417
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Sean Nugent Department of Psychiatry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55417
Pages 23-31 | Received 19 Oct 1994, Accepted 13 Apr 1995, Published online: 10 Jul 2009

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