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The use of high-dose antipsychotics in rapid tranquillisation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

P. L. Cornwall
P. L. Cornwall*
Affiliation:
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 4LP
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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 20 , Issue 9 , September 1996 , pp. 565 - 566
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