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Collins, S.E., Kirouac, M. (2016). Alcohol Consumption. In: Gellman, M., Turner, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Behavioral Medicine. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6439-6_626-2
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