How to achieve international action on falsified and substandard medicines.
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Amir Attaran Canada research chair in law, population health, and global development policy , Donna Barry policy and advocacy director , Shamnad Basheer professor in intellectual property law, Roger Bate resident scholar, David Benton chief executive officer, James Chauvin president, Laurie Garrett senior fellow for global health , Ilona Kickbusch director, global health programme , Jillian Clare Kohler director global health, Kamal Midha immediate past president, Paul N Newton reader in tropical medicine , Sania Nishtar president , Paul Orhii director-general , Martin McKee professor of European public health 14
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عنوان ژورنال:
- BMJ
دوره 345 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2012