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Handbook on Drug and Alcohol Abuse

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A Handbook on Drug and Alcohol Abuse: The Biomedical Aspects
Handbook on Drug and Alcohol Abuse (1975 earliest edition)
AuthorGail Winger
Frederick G. Hofmann
James H. Woods
LanguageEnglish
PublisherOxford University Press
Publication date
1992
Pages208
ISBN9780199727407

A Handbook on Drug and Alcohol Abuse: The Biomedical Aspects by Gail Winger, Frederick G. Hofmann, and James H. Woods was published in New York by Oxford University Press in 1992. A 4th edition, updated with a chapter for "Club Drugs", was published in 2004.[1]

Reception

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The book garnered a mixed reception from medical journals.[2][3] An earlier version was published in 1975 by Frederick Hofmann and Adele Hofmann as Handbook on Drug and Alcohol Abuse.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Solomon, Gary (2004), "An updated handbook on abused substances", PsycCRITIQUES, 49, doi:10.1037/040869
  2. ^ Fong, Timothy (2005), A Handbook on Drug and Alcohol Abuse: The Biomedical Aspects (4th ed.), American Psychiatric Association, archived from the original on 11 June 2008
  3. ^ Heckman, Carolyn, "Review of Handbook on Drug and Alcohol Abuse: The Biomedical Aspects (4th edn)", Psychological Medicine, 35 (4): 598–599, doi:10.1017/S0033291705244690, S2CID 145064029
  4. ^ Hofmann, Frederick G; Hofmann, Adele D (1975). A handbook on drug and alcohol abuse: the biomedical aspects. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-501922-3. OCLC 1272655.