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Brief Report

A pharmacokinetic study investigating the rate of absorption of a 500 mg dose of a rapidly absorbed paracetamol tablet and a standard paracetamol tablet

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Pages 1893-1897 | Accepted 08 Aug 2006, Published online: 22 Aug 2006

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