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Word: nordrhein (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1962-1962
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Usage:

...similar reports multiplied, a four-university team was set up to check every malformed birth since January 1959 in West Germany's most populous state (Nordrhein-Westfalen, 15.5 million people). Chemie Gruenenthal took Contergan. and every compound drug containing thalidomide off the market. And all 18,500 doctors in Canada got a December warning from the Merrell Co.: "Kevadon should not be administered to pregnant women nor to premenopausal women who may become pregnant." U.S. investigators using the drug got a similar warning...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Sleeping Pill Nightmare | 2/23/1962 | See Source »

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