New US law applies 'sunshine' to physician payments and gifts from drug, device industries
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A unique researcher identifier for the Physician Payments Sunshine Act.
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Medical Association Journal
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0820-3946,1488-2329
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.109-3263