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Dennis L Thombs1, Ryan O'Mara, Amy L Tobler

  • 1Department of Behavioral Science and Community Health, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA. dthombs@phhp.ufl.edu

The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse
|December 18, 2009
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