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The damnation of benzodiazepines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

S. J. Elliot-Baker  and
J. W. G. Tiller
S. J. Elliot-Baker
Affiliation:
Drug Information Centre, Office of Psychiatric Services, Health Department Victoria, Private Bag 3, Parkville 3052, Australia
J. W. G. Tiller
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne
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Information
The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 156 , Issue 2 , February 1990 , pp. 278 - 279
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990

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