Association between the DRD2 A1 allele and opium addiction in the Iranian population
β Scribed by Maria Shahmoradgoli Najafabadi; Mina Ohadi; Mohammad Taghi Joghataie; Faraz Valaie; Yasser Riazalhosseini; Hamid Mostafavi; Fariba Mohammadbeigi; Hossein Najmabadi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 50 KB
- Volume
- 134B
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1552-4841
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