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Ana Carmona Araújo1,2, Jose Pedro Guerreiro3, Carolina Bulhosa3

  • 1iMed.ULisboa - Research Institute for Medicines, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal.

British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology
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drug abusedrug utilizationmedication safetypharmacoepidemiologypsychotropic drugs

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