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Irreproducible scepticism? Underused potential
  1. Gunar Stemer
  1. Correspondence to Dr Gunar Stemer, Pharmacy Department, Vienna General Hospital – Medical University Campus, Vienna, Vienna 1090, Austria; gunar.stemer{at}akhwien.at

https://doi.org/10.1136/ejhpharm-2013-000381

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