Pharmacological Treatment of Obesity
Gerald Curzon
Department of Neurochemistry
Institute of Neurology
1 Wakefield Street
London, WC1N 1PJ. UK.
Tel: + 44(0)171-504-4054
Fax: 44(0) 171-278-6572
and
E. Leigh Gibson
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
University College Medical School
London, WC1E 6BT UK.
Tel: + 44(0) 171-209-6629
Fax: + 44(0) 171-813-2848
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