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Litigation and the toxicity of psychotropic drugs: A reply to Prof Patricia Casey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Brian E Leonard
Brian E Leonard*
Affiliation:
Pharmacology Department, University College Galway, Co Galway, Ireland
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Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 13 , Issue 4 , December 1996 , pp. 170 - 171
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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