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Clinical trials: rising costs limit innovation

✍ Scribed by S. Claiborne Johnston; Stephen L. Hauser


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2007
Tongue
English
Weight
65 KB
Volume
62
Category
Article
ISSN
0364-5134

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