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Food Sensitivity and the Nervous System: Hyperactivity, Addiction and Criminal Behaviour

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 December 2007

Janine Robinson Jaine Robinson
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine (Western General Hospital), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XU
Anne Ferguson Anne Ferguson
Affiliation:
Department of Medicine (Western General Hospital), University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XU
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