Science & Justice
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 133-139 , July 2004

The Horizontal Gaze Nystagmus test: fraudulent science in the American courts

Received 18 June 2002 ,Accepted 16 March 2004.

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Science & Justice
Volume 44, Issue 3 , Pages 133-139 , July 2004