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Toxic Psychosis Caused by Radio-Active Iodine

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

M. F. Bethell*
Affiliation:
Hillview House, Tone Vale, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton, Somerset
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Abstract

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Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1970 

References

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