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Electrical devices used by prison officers, police and security forces

Harold Hillman Unity Laboratory of Applied Neurobiology, 3 Merrow Dene, 76 Epsom Road, Guildford, Surrey, GU1 2BX E-mail: [email protected].
Pages 197-204 | Accepted 25 Feb 2003, Published online: 22 Oct 2007

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