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The Effect of Parachlorophenylalanine on the Sleep of a Methadone Addict

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

D. A. Chernik ,
J. Mendels  and
T. A. Ramsey
D. A. Chernik
Affiliation:
Sleep Laboratory
J. Mendels
Affiliation:
Depression Research Unit, University of Pennsylvania Department of Psychiatry, V.A. Hospital, University and Woodland Avenues, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, U.S.A.
T. A. Ramsey
Affiliation:
Center for the Study of Narcotic and Drug Abuse, National Institute of Mental Health, Rockville, Maryland 20852, U.S.A.
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 122 , Issue 567 , February 1973 , pp. 191 - 197
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