Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 213-217 , April 2006

High-dose nicotine patch therapy for smokers with a history of alcohol dependence: 36-week outcomes

  • David Kalman, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA
    • Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Veterans Administration Medical Center, Bedford, MA 01730, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Boston University, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
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  • Christopher W. Kahler, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    • ,
  • Arthur J. Garvey, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • School of Dental Medicine, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02115, USA
    • ,
  • Peter M. Monti, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Center for Alcohol and Addictions Studies, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA
    • Veterans Administration Medical Center, Providence, RI 02908, USA

Received 21 November 2005 ,Accepted 6 January 2006.

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 A limited portion of the manuscript was presented as an abstract at the annual conference of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (New Orleans, LA, March 2003).

PII: S0740-5472(06)00003-1

doi: 10.1016/j.jsat.2006.01.001

Journal of Substance Abuse Treatment
Volume 30, Issue 3 , Pages 213-217 , April 2006

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