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Hair analysis

New laboratory ability to test for substance use

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 January 2018

Mike A. McPhillips ,
John Strang  and
Thomas R. E. Barnes
Mike A. McPhillips*
Affiliation:
Imperial College School of Medicine, London
John Strang
Affiliation:
National Addiction Centre, Institute of Psychiatry, London
Thomas R. E. Barnes
Affiliation:
Imperial College School of Medicine, London
*
Mike A. McPhillips. 69 Warwick Road, London SW5 9HB
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 173 , Issue 4 , October 1998 , pp. 287 - 290
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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