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Substance use and psychiatric symptoms in subjects referred to the Drug Addiction Services by the Prefecture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2011

Jacopo V. Bizzarri
Affiliation:
Servizio per le Dipendenze (Ser.T.) Bolzano Via del Ronco 3, 39100, Bolzano Fax: +39-0471-907.065 E-mail: [email protected]
Paola Rucci
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologie Università di Pisa, Italia
Daniela Casalboni
Affiliation:
U.O. Dipendenze Patologiche AUSL Rimini, Italia
Saverio Randi
Affiliation:
U.O. Dipendenze Patologiche AUSL Rimini, Italia
Massimo Girelli
Affiliation:
Servizio per le Dipendenze (Ser.T.) Bolzano Via del Ronco 3, 39100, Bolzano Fax: +39-0471-907.065 E-mail: [email protected]
Francesca Pojer
Affiliation:
Servizio per le Dipendenze (Ser.T.) Bolzano Via del Ronco 3, 39100, Bolzano Fax: +39-0471-907.065 E-mail: [email protected]
Alfredo Sbrana
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Psichiatria, Neurobiologia, Farmacologia e Biotecnologie Università di Pisa, Italia
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