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Comprehensive women-centered treatment for substance use disorders in Georgia: current status and future directions

David OtiashviliAddiction Research Center, Alternative Georgia, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia, Correspondence[email protected]
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Irma KirtadzeAddiction Research Center, Alternative Georgia, Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia,
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Kevin E. O’GradyDepartment of Psychology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA,
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William ZuleSubstance Abuse Treatment Evaluations & Interventions, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA,
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Evgeny KrupitskyDepartment of Addictions, Bekhterev Research Psychoneurological Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia,
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Wendee M. WechsbergSubstance Abuse Treatment Evaluations & Interventions, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, USA,
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Hendrée E. JonesUNC Horizons, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA, and ;Departments of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Obstetrics and Gynecology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Pages 367-374 | Received 05 Feb 2014, Accepted 29 Apr 2014, Published online: 06 Jun 2014

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