Alcohol and Tobacco. Medical and Sociological Aspects of Use, Abuse and Addiction.pdf

Otto-Michael Lesch

Henriette Walter

Christian Wetschka

Michie Hesselbrock

Victor Hesselbrock

Alcohol and Tobacco

Medical and Sociological Aspects

of Use, Abuse and Addiction

Otto Michael Lesch, MD

Henriette Walter, MD

Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Christian Wetschka, PhD

Vienna, Austria

Michie N. Hesselbrock, PhD

Victor Hesselbrock, PhD

University of Connecticut, Farmington, CT, USA

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