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. 2000 Oct 31;163(9):1146-8.

A call for the regulation of prescription data mining

D E Zoutman  1 , B D Ford, A R Bassili
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A call for the regulation of prescription data mining

D E Zoutman et al. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

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  • Prescription data.
    Zitner D. Zitner D. CMAJ. 2001 May 15;164(10):1408-9; author reply 1409-10. CMAJ. 2001. PMID: 11387909 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • Prescription data.
    Korman RA. Korman RA. CMAJ. 2001 May 15;164(10):1408; author reply 1409-10. CMAJ. 2001. PMID: 11387910 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • Prescription data.
    Shortt SE. Shortt SE. CMAJ. 2001 May 15;164(10):1408; author reply 1409-10. CMAJ. 2001. PMID: 11387911 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
  • Prescription data.
    MacLeod SM. MacLeod SM. CMAJ. 2001 May 15;164(10):1409; author reply 1409-10. CMAJ. 2001. PMID: 11387912 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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