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Notification of Addicts and the Medical Practitioner:

An Evaluation of the System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

John Strang  and
Anant Shah
John Strang
Affiliation:
Regional Drug Dependence Unit, Prestwich Hospital, Manchester M25 7BL
Anant Shah
Affiliation:
Prestwich Hospital
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 147 , Issue 2 , August 1985 , pp. 195 - 198
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Copyright © 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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