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Drug firm censured for misleading promotional material

✍ Scribed by Adrian O'Dowd

Book ID
124633969
Publisher
BMJ Publishing Group
Year
2010
Tongue
English
Weight
673 KB
Volume
340
Category
Article
ISSN
0959-8138

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