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• Full title: Marihuana
• Subtitle: Chemistry, Biochemistry, and Cellular Effects
• Author: G. G. Nahas
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 556
• EAN: 9783642516269
• ISBN: 9783642516269
• ID: 06617553
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
• Weight: 884 g
• Dimensions: 235 × 155 × 32 mm
• Date of publishing: 14. May 2012

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