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False and Misleading Advertising (Weight-Reducing Preparations) : hearings before the United States House Committee on Government Operations, Subcommittee on Legal and Monetary Affairs, Eighty-Fifth Congress, first session, on Aug. 2, 6-8, 1957.

Investigates misleading advertising in the nonprescription weight loss drug industry.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Legal and Monetary Affairs Subcommittee, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	Government Document eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Washington : U.S. G.P.O., 1957.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Hearings.
Subjects:	Advertising > Drugs > United States. Weight loss preparations > United States. Deceptive advertising > United States. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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