Medical Innovation revisited: Social contagion versus marketing effort

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1409-1435

  Van Den Bulte, Christophe ^a   Lilien, Gary L ^a  

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EID: 0035285921     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320819     Document Type: Article

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