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. 2007 Mar;3(1):37–39. doi: 10.1007/BF03161037

Captive subjects: Pharmaceutical testing and prisoners

Timothy J Wiegand 1,
PMCID: PMC3550121  PMID: 18072157

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Funded by NRSA Grant T32 GM0075456.

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