Delays in access to affordable medicines: Putting policy into perspective

Australian Health Review

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 412-418

  Pearce, Alison ^a   Van Gool, Kees ^a   Haywood, Philip ^a   Haas, Marion ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 84873662999     PISSN: 01565788     EISSN: 14498944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AH11110     Document Type: Review

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