Brief addiction rating scale (bars) for alchoholics : description and reliabilty

N Janakiramaiah1, P J Venkatesha Murthy, T M Raghu

  • 1N. JANAKIRAMAIAH, MD., Ph.D., Additional Professor of Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Hosur Road, Bangalore-560 029.

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