Fatality due to amisulpride toxicity

Medicine, Science and the Law

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 173-177

  Lynch, Matthew J ^a   Woods, Jessica ^a   George, Natalia ^a   Gerostamoulos, Dimitri ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84992803083     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmmsl.48.2.173     Document Type: Article

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