Direct Medical Costs of Coronary Artery Disease in the United States
β Scribed by Mason W Russell MAPE; Daniel M Huse MA; Shelley Drowns MA; Elizabeth C Hamel AB; Stuart C Hartz ScD
- Book ID
- 113979492
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 290 KB
- Volume
- 81
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0002-9149
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