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Low cholesterol and violent death

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2014

Francis M Corrigan ,
Ronald F Gray  and
E Roy Skinner
Francis M Corrigan
Affiliation:
Argyll and Bute Hospital, Lochgilphead, Scotland
Ronald F Gray
Affiliation:
Royal Cornhill Hospital, Aberdeen, Scotland
E Roy Skinner
Affiliation:
Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Aberdeen, Scotland
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Information
Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine , Volume 10 , Issue 3 , October 1993 , pp. 166
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1993

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