Pills that Don't Work: A Consumers' and Doctors' Guide to 610 Prescription Drugs that Lack Evidence of Effectiveness
- ISBN-10
- 0374516626
- ISBN-13
- 9780374516628
- Category
- Drugs
- Pages
- 260
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1980
- Authors
- Sidney M. Wolfe, Christopher M. Coley
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- 1982
- 388 pages
- Paperback
- Grand Central Pub
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