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Article: UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND'S PROFESSOR ZITO TESTIFIES ON UTILIZATION OF PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATION FOR CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE BEFORE HOUSE PANEL

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May 8, 2008
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The House Ways & Means Committee issued the following testimony:

Statement of Julie M. Zito, Ph. D., Professor of Pharmacy and Psychiatry, Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Supportof the House Committee on Ways and Means

Statement of Julie M. Zito, Ph. D., Professor of Pharmacy and Psychiatry, Pharmaceutical Health Services Research, University of Maryland, Baltimore

Testimony Before the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Supportof the House Committee on Ways and Means

My name is Julie Magno Zito. Thank you for the invitation to testify today. I am a Professor of Pharmacy and ...

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