Direct to consumer advertising; the right tool in the wrong hands?

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ژورنال

عنوان ژورنال: Ceylon Medical Journal

سال: 2014

ISSN: 2386-1274,0009-0875

DOI: 10.4038/cmj.v46i2.6486