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Direct-to-Consumer Advertising: Public Perceptions of Its Effects on Health Behaviors, Health Care, and the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Elizabeth Murray, Bernard Lo, Lance Pollack, Karen Donelan and Ken Lee
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice January 2004, 17 (1) 6-18; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.17.1.6
Elizabeth Murray
PhD, MRCGP
Bernard Lo
MD
Lance Pollack
PhD
Karen Donelan
ScD
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The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice
Vol. 17, Issue 1
1 Jan 2004
Direct-to-Consumer Advertising: Public Perceptions of Its Effects on Health Behaviors, Health Care, and the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Elizabeth Murray, Bernard Lo, Lance Pollack, Karen Donelan, Ken Lee
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice Jan 2004, 17 (1) 6-18; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.1.6
Direct-to-Consumer Advertising: Public Perceptions of Its Effects on Health Behaviors, Health Care, and the Doctor-Patient Relationship
Elizabeth Murray, Bernard Lo, Lance Pollack, Karen Donelan, Ken Lee
The Journal of the American Board of Family
Practice Jan 2004, 17 (1) 6-18; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.17.1.6
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