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National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry. (July 2, 2024). Estimated most common medicines habitually used in the past year in Japan as of December 2023, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved September 09, 2026, from https://www-statista-com.libproxy.pcc.edu/statistics/1556949/japan-most-common-medicines-habitually-used-in-past-year-by-gender/
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