Price indexes for clinical trial research: A feasibility study

Monthly Labor Review

Volumn 2014, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Berndt, Ernst R ^a   Cockburn, Iain M ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85002063004     PISSN: 00981818     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21916/mlr.2014.22     Document Type: Article

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