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Lactate-Induced Anxiety: Therapeutic Application

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

J. A. Bonn
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, EC1A 7BE.
Jean Harrison
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, EC1A 7BE.
W. Linford Rees
Affiliation:
Academic Department of Psychological Medicine, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, EC1A 7BE.
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1971 

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