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Escapes from Bedlam and lunar phase: failure to confirm the lunacy theory

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Robert J. M. Howard
Robert J. M. Howard*
Affiliation:
The Bethlem Royal Hospital, Beckenham, Kent
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 13 , Issue 7 , July 1989 , pp. 382 - 383
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