Global Health Philanthropy and Institutional Relationships: How Should Conflicts of Interest Be Addressed?
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1Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, 2Department of Public Health and Policy, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, London, United Kingdom, 3Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, 4Division of General Internal Medicine, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, United States of America
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عنوان ژورنال:
دوره 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011