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Research Article

Assessing why substance use disorder patients drop out from or refuse to attend 12-step mutual-help groups: The “REASONS” questionnaire

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Pages 316-325 | Received 16 Mar 2009, Accepted 01 Aug 2009, Published online: 23 Apr 2010

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