Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 74, Issue 3 , Pages 287-291 , May 2003

Do clinicians understand why individuals stop taking lithium?

,Accepted 23 September 2002.

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doi: 10.1016/S0165-0327(02)00341-5

Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume 74, Issue 3 , Pages 287-291 , May 2003

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