Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 105-108 , 1 June 2002

Neuropsychological deficits and opiate abuse

  • P.E Davis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, Camden and Islington Mental Health NHS Trust, Margarete Centre, St. James House, 108 Hampstead Road, London NW1 2LS, UK
    • St. George's Hospital Medical School, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Fax: +44-020-7530-3208
    • ,
  • H Liddiard

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychology, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK
    • ,
  • T.M McMillan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK

Received 27 March 2001 ,Revised 18 January 2002 ,Accepted 29 January 2002.

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☆ This paper was presented by the first author at the Society for the Study of Addiction Annual Symposium, Leeds, UK, November 2000.

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Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Volume 67, Issue 1 , Pages 105-108 , 1 June 2002

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