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Substance abuse in schizophrenics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Michael Soyka*
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Hospital, University of Munich, Nussbaumstrasse 7, 80336 Munich, Germany
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1994 

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