UMER FEROZE MALIK, MD, MERSADIES R. MARTIN, MS, JAMES SAFFIER, MD, and SHEELA KAPRE, MD San Joaquin General Hospital, French Camp, Calif
YINGBO YANG, MD, PhD University of California Davis Health System
UMER FEROZE MALIK, MD, MERSADIES R. MARTIN, MS, JAMES SAFFIER, MD, and SHEELA KAPRE, MD...
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HANI RAOUL KHOUZAM, MD, MPH VA Central California Health Care Center, Fresno University of California, San Francisco Dr Khouzam is medical director, chemical dependency treatment program, Veterans Affairs Central California Health Care System, Fresno. He is also clinical professor of psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, Medical School Fresno Medical Education Program. The author reports no conflicts of interest concerning the subject matter of this article.
HANI RAOUL KHOUZAM, MD, MPH
VA Central California Health Care Center, Fresno
University...
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