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Nordic Journal of Psychiatry Volume 50, 1996 - Issue 4
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Original Article

Illicit Drug use among “False Confessors”: A Study Among Icelandic Prison Inmates

Jon F. Sigurdsson The National Prison and Probation Administration, Borgartuni 7, IS-150, Reykjavik, Iceland
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Gisli H. Gudjonsson Department of Psychology, Institute of Psychiatry, De Crespigny Park, Denmark Hill, London, SE5 8AF, England
Pages 325-328 | Accepted 11 Apr 1996, Published online: 12 Jul 2009

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