Adverts in medical journals: Caveat lector

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Volumn 361, Issue 9351, 2003, Pages 10-11

  Fletcher, Robert H ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERTIZING; CONFLICT; DECISION MAKING; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MONEY; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0037417483     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)12185-X     Document Type: Note

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