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© 2012 by David Healy

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Healy, David, MRC Psych.

Pharmageddon / David Healy.
   p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978–0-520–27098–5 (cloth : alk. paper)
[DNLM: 1. Drug Industry. 2. Drug Utilization. QV 736]. I. Title.

LC-classification not assigned
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