## Abstract ## Objectives: To study the โcompression of morbidityโ theory in the Hong Kong SAR by analysing the age and genderโspecific hospitalization rates and the expected length of stay per patient for the period 1996โ2000. โCompression of morbidityโ refers to the hypothesis that medical progr
Ethics in nanomedicine: a needs-assessment and proposals for the future
โ Scribed by S. Johnson
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 133 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1549-9634
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