Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 51-56 , January 2004

Alcoholism and seasonal affective disorder

  • Leo Sher

      Affiliations

    • Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Leo Sher, M.D., Division of Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University, 1051 Riverside Dr, Suite 2917, Box 42, New York, NY 10032, USA

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doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2003.09.007

Comprehensive Psychiatry
Volume 45, Issue 1 , Pages 51-56 , January 2004

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