A model of physician behaviour with demand inducement
β Scribed by Kris De Jaegher; Marc Jegers
- Book ID
- 117359615
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 250 KB
- Volume
- 19
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6296
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