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Antidepressant drug prescribing in the general population and among problematic drug users in the province of Bologna (Italy)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2011

Raimondo Maria Pavarin
Affiliation:
Osservatorio Epidemiologico Metropolitano Dipendenze Patologiche, AUSL Bologna Via San Lorenzo 1, 40100 Bologna, Fax: +39-051-6569515 E-mail: raimondo.pavarin@ausl.bologna.it
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