China makes its first antiretroviral drugs for treating AIDS
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Interaction between pharmaceutical companies and physicians who prescribe antiretroviral drugs for treating AIDS.
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عنوان ژورنال: BMJ
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0959-8138,1468-5833
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.325.7375.1257/a