A death following ultra-rapid opiate detoxification: the General Medical Council adjudicates on a commercialized detoxification
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عنوان ژورنال: Addiction
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0965-2140
DOI: 10.1046/j.1360-0443.2002.00172.x