Tamil Nadu government intervention and prices of medicines

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 66-71

  Lalitha, N ^a  

^a Gujarat Institute of Development Research   (India)

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EID: 79952625802     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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